Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan.

In order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for the further mainstreaming of climate change into the country’s national development framework, the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) developed in 2015 this report on climate change governance in Afghanistan. To dictate the urgency were the last projections for Afghanistan, which suggest that by 2100 the country will see a strong increase in mean annual temperature coupled with an overall decrease in water availability. The most vulnerable sectors have been identified in: (i) agriculture; (ii) biodiversity and ecosystems; (iii) infrastructure and energy; (iv) forestry and rangelands; (v) natural disasters; and (vi) water. For each sector, the document provides an overview of the governance and concerned institutions, explains the climate impact projections and suggests entry points for the integration of climate change into Afghanistan’s plans, policies, strategies, and projects.