Mozambique requires $37.2 billion to achieve full climate resilience — an amount that represents not only the cost of adaptation but also the hope of millions of Mozambicans, according to figures reiterated this Thursday, November 6, by the President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo.
The Head of State is in Belém, Brazil, where he is participating in the Leaders’ Summit, ahead of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which will also take place in the same region from November 10 to 21.
“The mobilization of financing is an essential condition for the survival of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Promises must be honored and operationalized; the Loss and Damage Fund must become a true instrument of global climate justice,” he stated.
The President called for multilateral and bilateral mechanisms to become more accessible and sensitive to the realities of developing countries.
“Developed countries must take the lead by expanding their mitigation actions and ensuring predictable and sufficient financial and technological support,” he said.
“Climate equity must recognize the right of African countries to development, including access to clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, and industrial opportunities. Mozambique is a country of vast natural wealth and extraordinary beauty, but also of high climate vulnerability, cyclically affected by cyclones and floods that hinder development,” he clarified.
Despite these challenges, the President highlighted Mozambique’s progress, mentioning the “Miombo Forest Preservation and Protection Initiative” and the approval of the National Climate Finance Strategy 2025–2034, integrated into the State’s budget planning.
“These instruments are open invitations to cooperation and green investment. The fight against climate change is also an opportunity to transform economies and create jobs,” he noted.
Mozambique is considered one of the most severely affected countries by climate change, facing recurrent floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, which runs annually from October to April. Between December and March of the most recent cyclone season, Mozambique was hit by three cyclones, including Cyclone Chido, the first and most severe, at the end of 2024.
The number and intensity of cyclones hitting the country “have increased over the past decade,” according to the 2024 State of the Climate in Mozambique Report released in March by the Mozambique Meteorological Institute.
Extreme weather events caused at least 1,016 deaths in Mozambique between 2019 and 2023, affecting around 4.9 million people, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
Recently, the government approved the national contingency plan for the 2025–2026 rainy season, valued at 14 billion meticais ($217.1 million). However, it admitted to having only 6 billion meticais ($93 million) of the required amount.
In September, authorities warned of “major flooding” expected across the country and the inundation of at least four million hectares of farmland during the 2025–2026 rainy season.
“Between January, February, and March, we believe we will experience heavy rains and large-scale floods — what we classify as a high-level regime — particularly in the Incomáti, Maputo, and Limpopo basins,” said Agostinho Vilanculos, National Director of Water Resources Management.
Source: Diário Económico
