Zimbabwe Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: An Indicator-based Report

The Government of Zimbabwe received financial support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) are implementing the project “Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Planning Process in Zimbabwe (2019- 2021)”. The project aims to support the country’s National Adaptation Planning process by facilitating adaptation activities under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). However, to formulate locally relevant adaptation plans and actions in different parts of the country, sector specific vulnerability assessments are required to guide the selection of adaptation options. This is meant to make sure that relevant adaptation options are implemented to build resilience of local communities to climate change. To achieve this, a team of climate change adaptation experts was commissioned to first carry out detailed climate change vulnerability assessment across selected sectors in Zimbabwe and develop a system to prioritise and appraise adaptation options across selected sectors.