Zambia National Adaptation Planning

The proposal seeks $2,184,555 over 36 months to develop a comprehensive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Zambia. The project aims to strengthen institutional coordination, integrate climate adaptation into national and sub-national planning and budgeting, and prioritize adaptation actions across key sectors. It focuses on moving beyond short-term projects to a long-term strategic framework aligned with Zambia's Vision 2030 and the 7th National Development Plan.

• Climate change impacts currently cost Zambia 0.4 percent of annual economic growth, and rainfall variability alone could reduce GDP growth by 0.9 percent over the next decade without proactive adaptation.
• Zambia is highly vulnerable to climate change, ranking 26th out of 182 countries in the 2018 Global Climate Risk Index, with mean annual temperatures increasing by 1.3 degrees Celsius since 1960.
• The proposed NAP process is structured in two phases: Phase 1 focuses on the overarching National NAP, and Phase 2 will develop a specific Water NAP to serve as a pathway for building resilience in water-sensitive sectors like health and agriculture.
• Zambia lacks a comprehensive medium and long-term adaptation planning process, as previous efforts under the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) focused only on short-term and immediate priorities.
• The proposal identifies a critical gap in resource mobilization, noting that while the 2015 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) estimates a total budget of USD 50 billion by 2030, there is no comprehensive strategy to secure these funds.
• The project will target high-level adaptation actions for key economic sectors identified as highly affected by climate change, including water, agriculture, forestry, wildlife, tourism, mining, energy, infrastructure, and health.
• Gender is a central component of the NAP process, guided by the 2018 Climate Change Gender Action Plan (ccGAP), to address vulnerabilities specifically affecting female-headed households.
• The project will implement a five-component strategy: strengthening institutional coordination, integrating adaptation into plans and budgets, prioritizing adaptation actions, building institutional capacities, and developing a resource mobilization and finance strategy.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2020). Zambia National Adaptation Planning. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zambia-nap-gwpo.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Zambia National Adaptation Planning. 2020. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zambia-nap-gwpo.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2020zambia, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Zambia National Adaptation Planning}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zambia-nap-gwpo.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }