Minister Salim Valá announces new structures and advocates integration of climate finance into public investment.
The Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) is strengthening the national structure to mobilise and implement climate finance, focusing on transforming environmental priorities into financial projects aligned with the country's development instruments.
The orientation was presented this Wednesday (October 7, 2026), in Maputo, by the Minister for Planning and Development, Salim Cripton Valá, at the opening of the II National Conference on Climate Financing.
Among the advances highlighted is the creation of the Technical Council for Coordination of the National Climate Financing Strategy 2025–2034, formalized by Ministerial Diploma No 74/2026 of 4 September. The body shall coordinate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the strategy. The MPD also announced the mobilisation of USD 42.45 million from the Green Climate Fund for a productive renewable energy project in rural areas, in partnership with Belgium, through ENABEL.
Salim Valá also revealed that the National Climate Fund is in preparation, designed to concentrate and facilitate the mobilisation of resources for this area. At the conference, the minister also advocated aligning the Integrated Investment Programme 2026–2030 with the national portfolio of climate projects to integrate investments in energy, water, roads and other infrastructure with climate resilience criteria.
The challenge remains high. According to the minister, the country needed $7,6 billion between 2021 and 2025 to fulfill its Nationally Determined Contribution, but mobilized only about 24% of that amount. For the MPD, the priority is now to transform the strategy into concrete projects, mobilise public and private capital and improve national capacity to access international climate funds.
Belgium Reinforces Support for the Climate Agenda
The Belgian Ambassador to Mozambique, Delphine Perremans, highlighted the country's progress and reaffirmed its Government's commitment to supporting the mobilisation of climate finance. The diplomat pointed out, among other initiatives, support for the approval of projects by the Green Climate Fund and involvement of ENABEL in the implementation of sustainable energy access programmes.
Perremans encouraged Mozambique to accelerate the development of mechanisms such as sustainable bonds, carbon markets and innovative financing instruments, considering them essential to broaden the resources available for sustainable development.
Meanwhile, British High Deputy Commissioner and Director of Development, Louise Walker, considered that the worsening of climate impacts requires greater capacity to mobilise resources and strengthened the partnership between the United Kingdom and Mozambique in implementing the National Climate Funding Strategy.
Walker also highlighted new British initiatives linked to the blue economy, sustainable fishing, conservation of biodiversity and livelihoods of communities, defending greater articulation between climate finance, private investment and ecosystem protection. The diplomat called for the identification of viable and attractive projects for international climate funds and private investors, with priority for areas such as green energy, resilient infrastructure, preparation for climate events and nature conservation.
The II National Conference on Climate Funding takes place in Maputo with the participation of the Government, cooperation partners, private sector, financial institutions, civil society and academia, with the aim of strengthening Mozambique's capacity to mobilise and implement resources to adapt and mitigate climate change.
