On August 22-23, 2024, Maputo became the stage of a movement for change during the Second official UN-endorsed national Local Conference of Children and Youth on Climate Change in Mozambique (LCOY-Mozambique). LCOYs are hosted every year in over 120 countries prior to the UN Conference of Parties (COP...
In recent months, Mozambique has made significant strides towards strengthening its institutional capacities for mobilising climate finance. In two important events held in July 2024, crucial initiatives were launched to accelerate and expand the mobilisation of climate resources in the country. ...
In the landscape of health service delivery, the management of public finances plays a crucial role. It is the invisible pipeline that ensures that resources flow to finance services, so communities and citizens receive the care they need. The efficiency and effectiveness of the provision...
A major transformation will improve the quality of the life of the residentsLocated 72 kilometers from the village of Mocubela, a major
transformation is taking place on the island of Idugo. The construction of the solar-powered mini grid will bring significant
changes to the community and brighten...
“We waited for many years for electricity, and we never thought that we
could one day have energy in our homes. With energy we will be able to have the
opportunity to develop our village, as first we will have the houses and
some streets surrounding the station's headquarters lit up, at the same ...
Around 500 sustainable irrigation systems will be installed this year in the provinces of Manica and Zambézia. This initiative is part of the cooperation between Enabel in Mozambique, the Mozambican government, iDE (International Development Enterprises), and various educational institutions, aiming...
By: Sophie TeyssierEnabel
(Belgian Development Agency), in partnership with the National Energy Fund
(FUNAE), have been implementing the second phase of the Renewable Energy
Program for Rural Development (RERD2) since 2018. At the request of the
Government of Mozambique, a solar irrigation component...
The National Energy Fund (FUNAE) is responsible
for providing energy access solutions to the (rural) areas which are far
located from the national electricity grid in Mozambique. An important task,
considering that the Mozambican government has set the target to realize
universal energy access by...
By
Esra NURJA and Evert WAETERLOOS, Enabel MozambiqueMozambique
is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change (UNHCR, 2022). In
recent years, the country suffered from more frequent and intense extreme
weather events such as cyclones, tropical storms and floods. It is
against this background...
By: RERD2Energia para
todos (Energy for All)
The Mozambican
government’s ambition is clear: Energia para todos. By 2030, all
Mozambican households should have access to sustainable and affordable
electricity. In 2019, however, the counter stood at only 29.6%. Mozambique,
therefore, faces an ...
By Simon
De Clercq, Samuel Buvane and Adriaan TasSince Mozambique
signed the Paris Agreement in 2016, the country has taken several steps towards
combating climate change and building climate resilience. At COP26 in Glasgow
in 2021, Mozambique launched its Updated Nationally Determined Contributions...
Human welfare has always been closely linked to an
appropriate provision of energy. However, in 2019, 600 million people in
Sub-Saharan Africa did not have access to electricity and about 900 million
people were lacking access to clean cooking energy (IEA, 2019). Mozambique is one
of the countries...
By Esra NURJA and Evert WAETERLOOS, Enabel Mozambique As part of Enabel’s support to
the Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) and the Energy
Regulatory Authority (ARENE), a study was commissioned to identify strategic entry points for gender mainstreaming in the
promotion ...
The bilateral collaboration project
between the Belgian and Mozambican government “Development of Capacity within the
Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) and the new regulator ARENE”,
faces a persistent lack of qualified human resources in MIREME for energy data
collection and analysis...
By:
Antoine DE CLIPPELE & Riccardo DEL CITTOMozambique has abundant
resources for generating clean, accessible and sustainable energy. In 2011, the
United Nations launched the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative to
ensure universal access by 2030 to modern energy services, double ...