The Lusaka City State of Environment (SoE) Outlook report has been produced in order to facilitate planning of the city of Lusaka. There has been growing global concern and awareness on environmental issues since the first UN Conference on the Environment held in Stockholm in 1972. The focus over the years has been on sustainable development as a process of change in which the exploitation of natural resources, direction of investments, orientation of technological development and institutional change are made consistent with both the current and future potential to meet human needs. The Lusaka City SoE Outlook Report is therefore important in strengthening management and monitoring of environmental issues at city level and is expected to have a significant impact on effectiveness and service delivery in Lusaka City.