Transcript Climate Change Response Strategy

Zambia National Climate Change
Response Strategy (NCCRS)
Prof Prem Jain
Technical coordinator, Climate Change Facilitation Unit
World Bank Seminar on Climate Change,
Hilton Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia,10-15th October 2011
Drivers of Climate Change Agenda in
Zambia
• The Ministry of Tourism Environment and Natural
Resources (MTENR)
• Recognized the need for a coordinated and
harmonized response to climate change issues in the
country in order to:
(i) avoid duplication, and
(ii) enable more effective use of resources
• To government also needed guidance on policy and
legal issues
Setting up of Climate Change Facilitation
Unit (CCFU)
• A dedicated Unit with adequate resources and capacity was
required
• CCFU was set up in April 2009 in MTENR under the ENRMD
to facilitate the development of the NCCRS and undertake
immediate initiatives in climate change
• Support from Norwegian Government and UNDP
• An interim arrangement for 2009 – 2010 to accelerate
climate change activities
Vision of the NCCRS
A Prosperous Climate Change – resilient
Economy
Objective of the NCCRS
Overall objective of the strategy is to
establish a coordinated national response to
climate change
Methodology/Approach for NCCRS
• An analysis of risks climate poses to development and
linking it with appropriate response measures
• A review of evidence of climate change by examining
past trends of climate such as temperature and rainfall
and for future trends based on existing models
• Extensive literature review
• A participatory approach involving use of questionnaires,
interviews, FGDs, case studies and workshops
• Specific actions and priorities relating to adaptation and
mitigation were identified in consultation with
stakeholders
• The aim was to try and incorporate climate change tools
into development planning and implementation
Some Key Principles to Guide
NCCRS Development
1. The strategy is consistent with national development
priorities
2. The strategy complies with international and domestic
obligations
3. Encouraging participatory approaches
4. Focusing on those areas that promote sustainable
development
5. Recognizing and building on existing traditional knowledge
6. Recognizing that Climate Change is a cross-cutting issue
that demands integration across the work programmes of
several government departments and stakeholders
including industry, private sector and communities.
7. Taking advantage of the benefits from global and regional
initiatives to complement national efforts
8. Promoting programmes that build capacities for
addressing climate change
How NCCRS Proceeded?
• Started in second quarter 2010
• Six (6) national and regional stake-holder workshops
were held
• Finalized February 2011
• Full report too bulky and not in appropriate strategy
format
• An abridged version undertaken in consultation with
Cabinet Office earlier this year.
• Final draft is just ready for submission to the various
ministries and CO for adoption
Key Elements of NCCRS
• Implementation Framework: Concrete programs and
projects covering all aspects of climate change
• Investment Framework: Financing needs for some
key programs/projects and how to procure it
• Institutional Framework: Who to implement?
Priority Sectors under NCCRS
• Land Use (Agriculture and Forestry): To develop sustainable land use
systems to enhance agricultural production and ensure food security
under the changing climate;
• Water: To ensure sustainable management and resilience of water
resources under the changing climate;
• Health and Social Infrastructure: To protect people and health from
climate change and climate variability;
• Physical Infrastructure: To climate-proof infrastructure;
• Transport: To develop a less carbon-intensive and climate changeresilient transport system;
• Energy: To develop a less carbon-intensive and climate changeresilient energy infrastructure and grow using low carbon path; and
• Mining: To develop a less carbon-intensive and climate changeresilient mining industry
Five Pillars of NCCRS
•
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: The aim is to ensure that the most
climate-sensitive sectors are protected from the impacts of climate change by
putting in place climate-resilient adaptation actions and ensuring that Disaster Risk
Reduction is mainstreamed in all sectors of the economy.
•
Mitigation and Low Carbon Development: To ensure that mitigation actions are
implemented in the most GHG-intensive sectors of land-use (agriculture and
forestry), energy, transport and mining, and development proceeds using low
carbon pathways.
•
Crosscutting Issues: Here, four items are addressed: capacity building; research
and development; technology development and transfer; climate change
communication, education and awareness.
•
Governance of Climate Change: The Governance pillar creates a dedicated semiautonomous coordinating institution called a National Climate Change and
Development Council (NCCDC) which shall be overseen by a Inter-ministerial
committee on Climate Change and administered by a committee of Permanent
Secretaries .
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Finance and Investment Framework: Achieving the Strategy’s vision requires
substantial and additional financial resources to implement the proposed actions.
An extensive list of programmes and projects are annexed to the strategy.