The Zanzibar Climate Change Alliance (ZACCA) was started on February, 2012 and officially registered in 18^th of February, 2014 with registration no: 2149and electronical number Z00000001999. ZACCA was registered under the Civil Societies Act No. 6 of 1995 of the Government of Zanzibar. It is an umbrella NGO coordinating local cooperatives and other environmental organizations (more than 38 local NGOs and CBOs in Unguja and Pemba)on environment and Climate Change issues in Zanzibar.

ZACCA was formed as a response to the increasing vulnerability of poor people in Zanzibar to the impacts of climate change through developing and supporting environmentally and economically sustainable and socially interventions to climate change.

 The main objective of the establishment of ZACCA is to create a green community and provide awareness among the Zanzibar communities and in particular the most vulnerable sections of society through community awareness raising and advocacy related with environmental provision and research.