Tanzania pushes for green transport with tax, policy reforms

DAR ES SALAAM, July 15 — Tanzania has taken steps to promote the use of electric and gas-powered vehicles as part of the country’s efforts to address climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Parliament Office in the capital Dodoma.

Speaker of Parliament Mussa Azzan Zungu made the remarks on Tuesday while presenting a report on Tanzania’s clean energy transition at the Parliamentary Forum during the 2026 United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held at the UN headquarters in New York, the statement said.