Coordinating Climate Finance: Lessons from Zambia

This research paper analyzes climate finance coordination in Zambia, noting that while multilateral donors have helped establish frameworks, competing approaches from the World Bank and UNDP have caused institutional fragmentation. It highlights a shift in authority to the Ministry of National Development Planning and identifies critical gaps in project tracking and civil society coordination.

• Multilateral climate donors, specifically the Green Climate Fund and the Climate Investment Funds, have played a conducive role in establishing climate finance coordination frameworks at both national and sub-national levels in Zambia.
• The presence of powerful multilateral organizations like the World Bank and the UNDP has led to a fragmented coordination landscape in Zambia. This fragmentation is driven by institutional struggles over 'turf' and legitimacy, as well as differing views on whether coordination should be led by sectoral specialists or broader planning agencies.
• Climate finance coordination in Zambia is often embedded within existing development aid coordination infrastructure and evolves from earlier practices. While coordination is strong during the drafting of project proposals, it remains weak regarding information sharing between government agencies and between the government and civil society.
• Several knowledge gaps hinder effective coordination in Zambia, including the lack of a publicly accessible, geo-located master list of funded projects and a lack of understanding regarding how domestic financing is coordinated with international funds.
• International non-governmental organizations sometimes bypass the government when implementing climate projects. This creates a risk of overlap because there is no specific institution mandated to coordinate with civil society on climate change.
• The political authority for climate finance coordination in Zambia currently resides with the Ministry of National Development Planning (MNDP), though the Green Climate Fund's National Designated Authority (NDA) is located within the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MNLR).

APA

Dupuy, K., Chama, E., Funder, M., & Sambo, P. T. (2019). Coordinating Climate Finance: Lessons from Zambia. Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/76d9e757-998e-47e8-b69c-8779d2b43d6b/Dupuy et al Coordinating Climate Finance Lessons from Zambia - PRIO Paper 2019.pdf?inline=true

Chicago

Dupuy, Kendra, Evans Chama, Mikkel Funder, and Pamela Towela Sambo. Coordinating Climate Finance: Lessons from Zambia. Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2019. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/76d9e757-998e-47e8-b69c-8779d2b43d6b/Dupuy et al Coordinating Climate Finance Lessons from Zambia - PRIO Paper 2019.pdf?inline=true.

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BibTeX

@techreport{dupuy2019coordinating, author = {Dupuy, Kendra and Chama, Evans and Funder, Mikkel and Sambo, Pamela Towela}, title = {{Coordinating Climate Finance: Lessons from Zambia}}, institution = {Peace Research Institute Oslo}, year = {2019}, url = {https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/76d9e757-998e-47e8-b69c-8779d2b43d6b/Dupuy et al Coordinating Climate Finance Lessons from Zambia - PRIO Paper 2019.pdf?inline=true}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }