Mozambique
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (25 August 1995)
- KP: ratification (18 January 2005)Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (9 Sept 1994)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (9 Sept 1994)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Climate
- Decree No. 26/2011 creating and approving the new Statute of the Environmental Fund (FUNAB) (2011) [Portuguese]
Energy
- Biofuels Policy and Strategy (2009) [Portuguese]
- Resolution No. 10/2009 approving the New Policy on Energy (2009) [Portuguese]
- Resolution No. 62/2009 approving the Development Policy on New and Renewable Energies (2009) [Portuguese]
- Ministerial Order No. 277/2009 approving the Regulation of the National Direction for New and Renewable Energies (2009) [Portuguese]
- Presidential Decree No. 7/2011 creating the Interministerial Commission of Biofuels (2011) [Portuguese]
- Decree No. 58/2011 approving the Regulation on biofuel (2011) [Portuguese]
Forests and Land Use
- Forest and Wildlife Act (1999) [Portuguese]
- Decree No. 12/2002 approving the Regulation on Forestry and Wildlife (2002) [Portuguese] (Amended 2003)
- Decree No. 30/2012 establishing forestry exploitation requirements with an ordinary license (2012) [Portuguese]
- Ministerial Oder No. 293/2012 amending Decree No. 12/2002 regulating Forestry and Wildlife exploitation(2012) [Portuguese]
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Decree No. 45/2004 approving the Regulation on the Environmental Impact Assessment (2004) [Portuguese]
- Ministerial Order No. 198/2005 on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (2005) [Portuguese]
- Ministerial Order No. 129/2006 approving the General Directions on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (2006) [Portuguese]
Others
- Environmental Act (1997) [English]
- Decree No. 52/2007 approving the National Institute of Environmental Disasters Management (2007) [Portuguese] (Amended 2008)
- Ministerial Order No. 265/2009 regulating the Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Action (2009) [Portuguese]
- Ministerial Order No. 310/2010 regulating the Centre for Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas (2010) [Portuguese]
- Decree No. 41/2010 creating the Water Research Institute (IIA) (2010) [Portuguese]
- Decree No. 80/2010 creating the National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (2010) [Portuguese]
- Resolution No. 5/2012 approving the Statute of the National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (2012) [Portuguese]
- Resolution No. 3/2013 approving the Statue of the Water Research Institute (IIA) (2012) [Portuguese]
- Law No. 15/2014 establishing the legal framework for disaster management (2014) [Portuguese]
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2006) [English]
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2008) [English]
- Mozambique Country Strategy 2010-2013 (2010) [English]
- Five Year Government Plan 2010-2014 (2010) [Portuguese]
- Poverty and Wellbeing in Mozambique: Third National Poverty Assessment (2010) [English]
- National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy (2013) [Portuguese]
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
Secondary Sources
- Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, Climate Change Health, Agriculture and Disaster Analysis
Summaries of legislation compiled from Nachmany, M., et al. 2014. “The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries. Fourth Edition.” London: GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics.
Updated as of: January 7, 2015