Mozambique's REDD+ framework is Decreto n.º 23/2018, published on 3 May 2018, which approved the regulation for implementing REDD+ programmes and projects, created supervisory and scientific committees under the environment minister and revoked the 2013 approval procedures. Its current NDC is a provisional NDC 3.0 for 2026 to 2035, focused mainly on adaptation; its quantified mitigation contribution is being developed alongside a long-term low emissions strategy to 2050, after an updated NDC 2.0 that covered 2021 to 2025.
Projects
Cuamba solar-plus-storage plant
Mozambique's first solar plant with grid-scale battery storage, selling power to state utility EDM.
Eden: People+Planet
Hiring local people to restore mangroves and forests across the Global South, one village at a time.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Mozambican Low-Income Households
A Gold Standard-listed improved charcoal cookstove project sold door-to-door in Maputo.
Gorongosa Coffee & Agroforestry
Reforesting Mount Gorongosa's slopes with shade-grown coffee and native trees.
Kukumuty
Community-led miombo enrichment and agroforestry, the first project certified under PV Climate.
Mozambique Safe Water Project
A Gold Standard-registered programme rehabilitating and installing water infrastructure across Mozambican communities.
MozBlue / Zambezi Delta Blue Carbon
Marketed as Africa's largest mangrove restoration, with 60-year land deals securing community tenure.
Regulation
NDC
"Mozambique submitted its first update of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 2.0) to the UNFCCC on November 1st, 2021, with an implementation period of 2021-2025. Following the provisions outlined in that same decision and article, Mozambique has now embarked on the development of a second update of the NDC (NDC 3.0) covering the 2026-2035 implementation period. This document presents the provisional communication of Mozambique's NDC3.0 under the Paris Agreement."cover page (Mozambique's Provisional NDC 3.0, Period 2026 - 2035); section 1, Introduction; section 4, Mitigation (Article 4)
Mozambique's provisional third NDC for 2026 to 2035, focused mainly on adaptation in six sectors from agriculture, forestry and the blue economy to health, with mitigation measured against business as usual and aligned with a long-term low emissions development strategy to 2050 that is being developed alongside it.
Issuing body: Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, National Directorate for Environment and Climate Change · Single source
Forest / REDD+
"Artigo 1. É aprovado o Regulamento para a Implementação de Projectos Inerentes à Redução de Emissões por Desmatamento e Degradação Florestal, Conservação e Aumento de Reservas de Carbono, adiante designado por Regulamento REDD+, em anexo, que é parte integrante do presente Decreto." / "Art. 3. É revogado o Decreto n.º 70/2013, de 20 de Dezembro, e o respectivo Regulamento dos Procedimentos para Aprovação de Projectos de Redução de Emissões por Desmatamento e Degradação Florestal (REDD+)."Artigos 1, 3 and 5; approval line; Boletim da República, I Série, Número 87, 3 May 2018
Mozambique's regulation for implementing REDD+ programmes and projects on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and on conserving and increasing carbon stocks, creating supervisory and scientific committees under the environment minister and replacing the 2013 project approval procedures.
Issuing body: Conselho de Ministros · Single source