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The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.

As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.

_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._

For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).

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The north Tanzanian village of Luguru, located close to the border to Kenya, has been evaluated as a case study to improve the understanding of the impacts of climate change for the municipal economy, and to develop appropriate adaptation strategies. Traditionally, wood has been the main resource and energy source of the community. New climatic conditions have reduced the fertility of the soil. As a consequence, the forest was clear-cut to create new arable land, which led to a shortage of wood as an energy source.

A NAPA project with a budget of 620,000 dollars, initiated by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in cooperation with other national and local institutions as well as NGOs, plans to install a “Mini-Hydro” generator in a nearby river. The hydropower station uses simple technology. In order to ensure the long-term success of the project, the local population is trained to manage the small hydro plant independently.

_Source: United Republic of Tanzania, National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), Division of Environment_