Zambia pledged to fight the effects of climate change by signing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change when His Excellency President Edgar Lungu appended Zambia’s signature to the historic Paris Agreement in September 2016 at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. The early entry into force of the Paris Agreement triggered the operational provisions of the agreement to accelerate efforts to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees celsius, and to build climate change resilience. As a nation, we therefore expect to follow up on the Marrakech COP 22 conference and to speed up the inflow of USD $100 billion per year by 2020, as pledged by developed countries with the aim of supporting climate change action in developing countries. This will require a consideration of very creative funding options and smart investments.

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