Drought-hit Tanzania’s Villages Confront Harshest Reality of Climate ChangeFarmers in Tanzania’s drought-hit Dodoma region offer a potent message for negotiators heading to COP30 in Brazil: climate justice is not an abstract slogan. It is a water trough filled close to home, a tree shading a schoolyard, and a beehive buzzing with possibility. It is a water trough filled close to home, a tree shading a schoolyard, and a beehive buzzing with possibility. UNEP’s project taught villagers to manage tree nurseries and plant drought-tolerant species like baobab, acacia, mango, and orange. “We need water, trees, and respect for our knowledge.”Note: This feature is published with the support of Open Society Foundations.