Priority Experts

Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a general context of how climate change is affecting Zambia.

CLIMATE CHANGE OVERVIEW

COUNTRY SUMMARY

CURRENT CLIMATE

CLIMATOLOGY

TRENDS & VARIABILITY

CLIMATE PROJECTIONS

MEAN PROJECTIONS (CMIP6)

MEAN PROJECTIONS (CMIP5)

TRENDS & VARIABILITY

EXTREMES

VULNERABILITY

SEA LEVEL

SEA LEVEL RISE

Vulnerability

Historically, Zambia is frequently inundated with seasonal floods and flash floods, extreme temperatures and droughts, with increased severity and frequency in recent decades. Inadequate infrastructure paired with the fact that a large proportion of the population is rural and poor, makes Zambia highly vulnerable to natural hazards, especially floods.

This section provides a summary of key natural hazards and their associated socioeconomic impacts in a given country. And it allows quick evaluation of most vulnerable areas through the spatial comparison of natural hazard data with development data, thereby identifying exposed livelihoods and natural systems.

Natural Hazard Statistics

The charts provide overview of the most frequent natural disaster in a given country and understand the impacts of those disasters on human populations.

PeopleKey Natural Hazard Statistics for​1980-2020Number of People AffectedDroughtEpidemicFloodLandslide198020002020101001k10k100k1M10M

Average Annual Natural Hazard​Occurrence for 1980-2020Drought​DroughtEpidemic​EpidemicFlood​FloodLandslide​LandslideMiscellaneous​accident​Miscellaneous​accident

METADATA

Climate change is now recognized to have a significant impact on disaster management efforts and pose a significant threat to the efforts to meet the growing needs of the most vulnerable populations. The demands of disaster risk management are such that concise, clear, and reliable information.