Contemplating climate change at local government: on-the-ground politics of adaptation delivery in Tanzania.

This chapter explores the nascent operationalization of Tanzania's National Climate Change Strategy (CCS). It traces discourses of adaptation across, within and between different departments and tiers of the Tanzanian government and pays special attention to the framing of tasks and responsibilities in delivering adaptation. Combining interview data of civil servants' discourses on climate impact issues, the chapter aims to find out whether and which particular discourses can be linked to particular actors, their understandings, interests and (struggles for) power or influence. Ultimately, it investigates how these results can inform the effective operationalization of adaptation implementation strategies in the Tanzanian context.

DOI: 10.1079/9781786390769.0025 openalex: W2739505046 mag: 2739505046