Tanzania Puts Climate Finance and Clean Cooking into COP31 Preparations

Thursday 29th October 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

Tanzania is preparing a COP31 negotiating position centred on access to climate finance and practical measures to strengthen resilience. A national workshop held on 28 October 2026 also highlighted investment in clean cooking, including schools and health facilities.

Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Vice-President’s Office Dr Latifa Khamis called for a position reflecting both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. The preparation process covers an action plan, institutional responsibilities and arrangements to monitor implementation after the negotiations.

The agenda includes adaptation, emissions reduction, technology transfer, capacity building, carbon markets and loss and damage. Daily News reported the government’s priorities on 29 October, identifying agriculture, water, energy and infrastructure among the affected sectors.

Director of Environment Kemilembe Mutasa identified institutional clean cooking as an investment priority, according to The Citizen. She reiterated the national ambition for 80 percent of Tanzanians to use clean cooking energy by 2034, a target rather than a measure already achieved.

The UN climate secretariat confirms that COP31 runs from 9 to 20 November in Antalya, Türkiye. Tanzania’s preparations establish what it intends to pursue there; they do not yet constitute new financing agreements.

The practical challenge is to connect a negotiating objective with a project that can receive and use funds. A school kitchen, for example, needs a suitable technology, dependable fuel supply and an affordable operating model beyond the initial equipment purchase.

Climate finance can similarly support agriculture or coastal resilience only when responsibilities and delivery arrangements are clear. Businesses and communities will need to know which institutions implement a programme and how any announced assistance can be accessed.

The next milestones are the completed national position, specific partnerships and financing commitments, followed by implementation reporting. InAfrika’s coverage of new adaptation approvals in the Horn of Africa and Rwanda shows why approval and delivery should be tracked separately.