[{"bbox": [83, 106, 1146, 237], "category": "Text", "text": "Climate Adaptation Strategy⁹, and the Circular Economy Action Plan 2030¹⁰. It is also consistent with the European Commission Communication (2019)¹¹ on stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forest. It also promotes the participation and leadership of women and girls, contributing to the objectives of the EU Gender Action Plan III (2021-2025)¹² and Zambia Country Level Implementation Plan¹³; and the Youth Action Plan in EU external action 2022-2027 ¹⁴."}, {"bbox": [83, 265, 1146, 398], "category": "Text", "text": "The action aims at supporting the GRZ to meet its requirements under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and its Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), and to develop and implement to support Zambia's climate change strategic framework, in alignment and integration with the NDCs, its GGS and the 8NDP. This will be instrumental to the achievement of the country's national development objectives and Zambia's climate resilient transition towards green growth and a decarbonised, environmentally friendly, and inclusive economy."}, {"bbox": [83, 424, 658, 451], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is structured around the following two components:"}, {"bbox": [83, 477, 1146, 663], "category": "Text", "text": "**Component 1: Governance and coordination of Zambia's climate change strategic framework and the implementation of the National Determined Contributions (NDC).** The action aims to strengthen capacities of key stakeholders for improved governance on climate change and the Government's capacity to more efficiently coordinate the implementation of NDC and its Implementation Framework, and national climate policy at inter-ministerial level. This includes support to enhance collaboration for review and harmonization of climate sector policies, NDC implementation, and to increase strategic environmental and climate change awareness and education, with a particular focus on women and youth."}, {"bbox": [83, 689, 1146, 848], "category": "Text", "text": "**Component 2: Climate change monitoring, reporting and informed decision making.** The action aims to strengthen relevant Government institutions' capacities to collect and report on climate change data, with a particular focus on operationalising Zambia's integrated Measurement, Reporting and Verification (iMRV) system. This includes support for sustainable digitalized infrastructure development, digitalized data collection and processing to generate information for planning and decision making, monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation, and stimulate more gender sensitive climate finance."}, {"bbox": [72, 877, 301, 908], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2. RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [72, 940, 204, 966], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1. Context"}, {"bbox": [83, 1010, 335, 1035], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### General Country Context"}, {"bbox": [83, 1036, 1146, 1222], "category": "Text", "text": "Zambia is a large, landlocked country on the central plateau of Southern Africa, strategically surrounded by eight countries¹⁵ that provide extended markets opportunities. The country presents a trend for demographic increase and is one of the world's youngest countries by average age. Its population, estimated at 19.5 million (2022) is growing rapidly at 2.9% per year, with the likelihood of it doubling close to every 25 years¹⁶. This trend will put even more pressure on natural resources and the demand for jobs. Although one of the most urbanised countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), most Zambians (62%) live in rural areas, depending heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods¹⁷. As women tend to rely more on natural resources for their livelihood, the decline in land and biomass productivity"}, {"bbox": [72, 1294, 765, 1317], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/adaptation-climate-change/eu-adaptation-strategy_en"}, {"bbox": [72, 1317, 653, 1339], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy-action-plan_en"}, {"bbox": [72, 1339, 988, 1361], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/eu-communication-2019-stepping-eu-action-protect-and-restore-worlds-forests_en"}, {"bbox": [72, 1360, 1157, 1468], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² The Gender Action Plan III is a Joint communication by the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy which was welcomed by 24 Member States through EU Presidency Conclusions of 16 December 2020. Drafting was led by European Commission in close consultation with EU Member States, EEAS, civil society organisations, partner governments, and international organisations (UN entities, International Finance Institutions among others). The different parties contributed to the drafting of the document through meetings and through responses to a survey conducted during the process."}, {"bbox": [72, 1468, 1152, 1510], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Zambia%20Gender%20Country%20Level%20Implementation%20Plan%20%28CLI P%29.pdf"}, {"bbox": [72, 1511, 1150, 1533], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ The Youth Action Plan is available at: https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/document/fe1bcd30-58da-4a37-ab2a-61848789da60_en."}, {"bbox": [72, 1533, 1026, 1555], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ These are: Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe"}, {"bbox": [72, 1555, 1157, 1599], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). World Population Dashboard: Zambia overview. Available at: https://www.unfpa.org/data/world-population/ZM. Retrieved in January 2023."}, {"bbox": [72, 1599, 1124, 1663], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁷ The Republic of Zambia. Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Updated Submission), 30/07/2021. Available at: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Final%20Zambia_Revised%20and%20Updated_NDC_2021_.pdf."}, {"bbox": [1051, 1665, 1158, 1688], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 24"}]