The President of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique (PAR), Esperança Bias, defends access to financing, within the scope of the carbon market, for developing countries, as they are the most vulnerable, enabling the creation of infrastructures resistant to the impact of climate change. Speaking during the debate on the topic “Environment, Climate Change and the Role of Parliament”, in Kampala, Republic of Uganda, Esperança Bias informed the participants meeting that Mozambique has already approved the National Energy Transition Strategy (ENTE) that will allow the application of resources in a sustainable way to prevent and combat the effects of climate change. Within the scope of Disaster Risk management and the Early Warning Initiative for everyone, PAR made it known that, in 2022, the country approved the Regulation for the operationalization of the integrated Platform for the Dissemination and communication of Early Warning information on floods and cyclones. With regard to Mozambique’s commitments in relation to climate change, the President of the Mozambican Parliament listed some, with emphasis on the integration of climate change into socioeconomic development policies, strategies and plans; the promotion of education, awareness raising and dissemination on matters related to climate change; adherence to the African carbon market initiative. In this context, according to PAR, the Mozambican Parliament approved several instruments, including the ratification, in 2017, of the Pariah Agreement on climate change; the accession of the Republic of Mozambique to the Kyoto Protocol to the Convention of the United Nations on climate change; and the Kigali amendment relating to the Montteal Protocol on Annex F chemical substances – due to the high global warming potential (GWP) causing the changes.”At Government level, the Land and Environment Ministry was created, whose function is to direct , plan, coordinate the design of policies, among others, on environmental management and climate change”, explained PAR. Source:O País
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