Zambia’s adaptation to climate change (original) (raw)

The issue of climate change is slowly surfacing in Zambian devleopment policies, such as urban planning and national development stategies. The shift is taking pace because climate change-related droughts and floods have had significant effects on the country, and because international aid is increasingly directed toward climate change policies. This brief explores how certain ideas and framing of policies potentially shape state action in Zambia. The analysis is based on a review of key policy documents from Zambian insitutions, with a special focus on Lusaka, the nation’s capital. The analysis reveals how discourses conflict, and suggests possible strategies for engagement with decision-makers for better-integrated policies. This work is a brief synthesis of a master’s degree dissertation, “Discourses of Climate Change and Development Policies in Zambia“, written by Ali Romdhani at the University of Edinburgh. The research was made possible, in part, through an internship at the SEI Oxford Centre, and the Future Resilience for African CiTies and Lands (FRACTAL) project, in which SEI Oxford is a partner. FRACTAL is part of the Future Climate for Africa programme funded by the UK Department for International Development and the Natural Environment Research Council.

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