During the COP26 World Leaders Summit, H.E. the Mozambican Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, announced that by 2030 Mozambique will reverse forest lost and land degradation and 62% of the country’s energy mix will be consisted of renewable energy
Countries spanning from the northern forests of Canada and Russia to the tropical rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo also endorsed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use. Together, they contain 85% of the world’s forests, an area of over 13 million square miles. The pledge is backed by almost £14 billion ($19.2 billion) in public and private funding.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said:
“Today, at COP26, leaders have signed a landmark agreement to protect and restore the earth’s forests.
“With today’s unprecedented pledges, we will have a chance to end humanity’s long history as nature’s conqueror, and instead become its custodian.”
In his speech, His Excellency Carlos Agostinho do Rosário also spoke about Mozambique’s energy transition:
“A priority for Mozambique is the implementation of an energy transition programme based on a diversified grid, with cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy sources, which are in line with our country’s development plans.
We defend a gradual and phased transition to minimize the impact on the economic development process of our country. It is within this context that Mozambique proposes to use natural gas as a transition energy towards cleaner sources’’
