Tenure and Global Climate Change (TGCC)

The Tenure and Global Climate Change (TGCC) task order (TO) is a programme funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The aim of the task order is to identify and test models that strengthen resource tenure governance and property rights as they relate to successful global climate change mitigation and adaptation programming.

Climate change impacts and interventions in response to climate change could significantly affect resource tenure governance, the rights of communities and people, and their livelihoods. In turn, resource tenure and property rights issues may undermine successful implementation of climate change-related initiatives. Interventions that strengthen resource tenure and property rights governance can help reduce vulnerability and increase the resilience of people, places and livelihoods in the face of climate change impacts. They can also promote resource-use practices that achieve mitigation, adaptation, and development objectives.

The task order draws extensively from: the USAID Gender Equity and Female Empowerment and Evaluation policies; the USAID Climate Change and Development Strategy; and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests.

TGCC work in Zambia focuses on piloting tenure interventions that strengthen land rights as an enabling condition for the promotion and adoption of climate-smart land use practices.

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This manual is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this manual are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.