COP26: Mozambique supports Forest and Land Use Declaration – AIM report

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COP26: Mozambique supports Forest and Land Use Declaration – AIM report

11:42 CAT | 04 Nov 2021

Photo: Reuters/Hannah McKay/Pool

Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Tuesday said that Mozambique upholds the Declaration on Forests and Use of Land, a commitment assumed by over 100 countries at the United Nations summit on climate change (COP26), whereby actions will be taken to avert degradation and reforest the world by 2030.

Addressing the summit, in the Scottish city of Glasgow, Rosario declared that Mozambique will strive to ensure, by 2030, that 62 per cent of its national energy mix comes from renewable sources, in the framework of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“However, we acknowledge that the accomplishment of these goals will be a great challenge for Mozambique, because they entail financial resources and suitable technologies to ensure mass use of clean energies,” Rosario stated.

He added that the country remains committed to the opportunities of the carbon market to promote sustainable forest management. He stressed that the country’s candidacy to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, for 2023-2024, would add its voice to the agenda of climate change.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed Mozambique’s commitment to work collectively with others to draw up concrete, effective and realistic actions leading to a holistic approach to addressing climate change, as the country is located on the path of extreme weather events that occur repeatedly, such as cyclones, floods and droughts.

“Because of the frequency and intensity of the extreme weather events recorded by our country, our approach will be based on prevention, adaptation, mitigation, and resettlement of the affected population”, he said. Mozambique was also committed to ”the construction of resilient infrastructures, as well as the management of water resources.

Just like the other developing countries, Mozambique alone will not be able to mobilise the necessary funds to face the impacts of climate change. “We therefore request the mobilisation of more resources, easing access criteria and technology transfer,” Rosario indicated.

Mozambique’s priority, he added, is the implementation of the energy transition programme based on a diversified energy mix with cleaner, environmentally friendly energies in coordination with the country’s development programmes.

But the transition, he added, must be gradual and phased in order to minimize the impact on the country’s economic development. Thus, Mozambique proposes the use of natural gas as a transitional energy source on the way to greater reliance on renewables.

Source: AIM