http://www.fao.org/in-action/naps/resources/webinars/en/ The NAP-Ag webinar on Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture will provide insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors. Country case studies and extended exploration of best practices will create a strong learning environment for country-to-country exchange on institutional arrangements, and gaps in Climate Information Services for the implementation and formulation of National Adaptation Plans. This webinar is a follow up to the March 2017 peer-to-peer exchange on “Effective Climate Information Services for Agriculture in ASEAN.”

1. NAP ZAMBIA
COUNTRY
EXPERIENCE
Eric Chipeta, UNDP Zambia

2. Presentation Outline
■ Preamble
■ Introduction of Early Warning Project
■ Benefits of adaptation planning
■ Strengths and opportunities for NAP Ag
■ Update on GCF Proposal
■ Conclusion

3. Preamble
■ The Zambian NAP process has started but has stalled after the road map was
agreed upon
■ This has been because of financial and institutional challenges which include
the changes that have come with the new climate change policy
■ There have been renewed efforts to mobilise resources from GCF which
recently made a provision to finance the NAP process
■ The agriculture NAP has given renewed hope that in spite of the challenges
indicated, there will be an opportunity for other sector NAPs to benefit from
the Agriculture NAP
■ So far Health has requested and embarked on the NAP process following the
motivation from the Agriculture NAP
■ This presentation focussed on the nexus between EWS and NAP

4. Introduction on GEF-EWS project
–The Zambian CIEWS project has
the following outputs on the next
slide

5. OUTCOME 1: Capacity to monitor extreme weather and climate change
enhanced (~$ 2 702 960).
1.1 28 Automatic Weather Stations procured and installed, and 41
existing manual and automatic monitoring stations rehabilitated.
1.2 Weather and climate forecasting systems updated, including the
installation of the required hardware and software and integration of
satellite observations.
1.3 Capacity developed for operating and maintaining the climate
observation network and related infrastructure including the training
of 10 engineers, 10 technicians and local communities to maintain
and repair meteorological equipment, computer infrastructure and
telecommunications network.
1.4 Technical capacity of ZMD is developed to improve the
production of standard and customized weather and climate
forecasts and packaging meteorological data and information into a
suitable format for user agencies and local community end-users.
OUTCOME 1: ZMD’s capacity to monitor extreme
weather and climate change enhanced (~$ 2,57,750).
2.1 Tailored, sector-specific weather and climate
information made accessible to decision makers in government, private
sector, civil society, development partners and local communities.
2.2 National capacity developed for assimilating weather and climate
information into existing national policies, development plans and
disaster management systems.
2.3 Communication channels and procedures for issuing warnings are
enabled at a national level, and implemented at a district level
through the development of mobile phone-based alert platforms in the
priority districts of Chipata, Gwembe and Sesheke.
2.4 Public-private partnership developed for sustainable financing of
the operation and maintenance of the installed meteorological
observation network.
OUTCOME 2: Hydro-meteorological and environmental
information for making early warnings and long-term
development plans efficiently and effectively used (~$
1,235,250).

6. How does CIEWS relate to the NAP?
■ Accurate and high quality Information is critical in decision making in sub national
and national adaptation planning
■ Though some positive strides have been made in addressing the provision of such
information, the challenge persists which continues to be addressed by different
interventions
■ Building of future scenarios based on consistent and high quality data and
information generation provides critical input to short, medium and long term
planning
■ The GEF CIEWS project and other such interventions have provided and continue
to provide the infrastructure and skills for high quality data and information that
feed into the NAP process

7. What are the benefits for adaptation planning in
agriculture?
■ The loss in productivity in agriculture has been estimated to vary in different ways ranging from zero to
100% losses in varying intensities of floods and droughts/dry spells
■ More than 70% of Zambians subsist on participation in agriculture
■ In the face of a threat of climate change and variability, failure to adequately integrate and streamline
climate change would predispose the houses to shocks and losses of livelihoods and property
■ Such loses would force so many below the poverty datum line and food insecurity which would lead to
evoking of disaster management and mitigation actions to support these communities which would
have its toll on the meagre national resources
■ Adaptation planning at all levels therefore will minimise the negative effects of climate change on the
household food security and poverty as well as on the local and national economy
■ Adaptation planning therefore is a key process in building resilience and sustainable development
envisaged in the SDGs

8. Key strengths and challenges/
Opportunities
■ The challenges/opportunities are at three levels i.e. institutional, policy and personnel
■ Institutional
– Coordination and convening power
– Weak coordination
■ Policy
– Weak policy content and implementation
– Enabling environment for private sector participation still weak
■ Personnel
– Skills
– Motivation

9. Strengths
■ Policies exist though fragmented and sometimes contradictory
■ More funding is being made available to EWS
■ Government has taken EWS as an important area

10. Current GCF proposal update
■ Its titled Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions
I and II in Zambia
■ It has three components namely
– Smallholder farmers are able to plan for and manage water resources to support resilient-
agricultural production
– Resilient agricultural livelihoods in the face of changing rainfall, increasing drought and
occasional floods
– Increasing farmers’ access to markets and commercialization of resilient agricultural products
■ The challenges addressed include climate information, water scarcity, processing and marketing
■ It there fits well in the framework of NAP and the SDGs
■ As can be seen that EWS is an integral part of the project

11. Conclusion
■ The process has been slow but progressive in incremental steps
■ Climate information is very critical in informing the NAP process
■ NAP is as good as the quality of the information that is fed into it by the
EWS
■ More effort should be made to integrate EWS and NAP process
■ We thank you