Overview
The policy provides a comprehensive framework to manage Zambia’s environment and natural resources for sustainable development. It responds to emerging challenges such as climate change, land degradation, pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, invasive species and rising urbanisation. The vision is a productive environment and well‑conserved natural resources that support green growth. Key objectives include promoting sustainable consumption and production, strengthening climate change adaptation and mitigation, conserving biodiversity and ecosystems, preventing and controlling pollution, improving environmental planning and governance, enhancing the legal and institutional framework, mobilising finance, expanding public education, advancing environment–health linkages, building research capacity, supporting trans‑boundary cooperation, and integrating gender, youth and persons with disabilities. An implementation framework (2025–2030) details roles for central and local government and agencies such as ZEMA, WARMA, FD and DNPW, along with coordination mechanisms across national, sector and district levels. Financing is expected from the national budget, private sector, cooperating partners, FDI, green bonds, climate‑finance instruments and other sources. Monitoring and evaluation will be aligned to national planning systems, with indicators tracked through the Integrated Environmental Information Management System. The annexed implementation plan is costed, with an overall estimated budget of approximately K975.2 million.