ZAMBIA — Zenith AI for Mapping & Browsing International Agreements on Climate Action

Core Idea

• Browse and summarize national climate policy documents (often PDFs) and compare countries on key topics.
• Rely on Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) to ground answers in the underlying documents.
• Provide concise, comparable outputs so policymakers and researchers can see similarities and differences quickly.

Tech Stack

• RAG: hybrid retrieval over national strategy PDFs.
• Models: DeepSeek‑R1‑7B, Llama‑3.2‑1B; aggregation with Perplexity API where helpful.
• UI: topic‑wise exploration and country comparisons with similarity indicators.

Strategy to Bring Clarity

• Create prompts for each topic and each country.
• Show similarity of found policies per topic.
• Enable side‑by‑side country comparisons on selected topics.

Prompt Templates — Summaries

• Energy mix: Which renewable energy sources are planned to be the main contributors to the energy mix of {country}? What are their percentages and target year?
• Carbon tax: Is {country} implementing or considering a carbon tax? If yes, what are the details?
• Energy subsidy: Is {country} subsidizing certain forms of energy? If yes, which ones and how?
• Green energy: Which green energies are {country} considering for the transition to net‑zero? Provide details.
• Carbon capture: Is {country} considering or already using carbon capture? Provide details.
• Private renewable investment: How much private investment is {country} relying on to achieve climate targets? Provide details.

Prompt Template — Comparison

Given two summaries, produce a ≤100‑word comparison in English:

Compare {country1} and {country2} on their {selected_topic} policy based on:
- {country1}'s {selected_topic} policy: {summary1}
- {country2}'s {selected_topic} policy: {summary2}
What are the key differences and similarities?

Data Sources

• National strategies and policy documents in PDF format ingested into the RAG pipeline.

Try It

• github.com/Leowiser/Zambia_Climate
• Note: the repository is private due to sensitive data; access available on request.

Credits

Azka Aditama · Ebba Blomdahl · Dillon Hughes · Himanshu Sharma · Leon Weiser