Building climate resilience by linking climate adaptation and social protection through decentralised planning in Mozambique (LINK)

Mozambique is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its reliance on climate-sensitive agriculture and the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events. The country faces significant challenges such as rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and more intense and frequent cyclones and floods. These climate impacts severely affect food security, water resources, and livelihoods, especially for the rural population.

To tackle these issues, this project integrates social protection with climate adaptation by using Mozambique’s Productive Social Action Programme to target and deliver support to communities. Key activities focus on strengthening institutional and community capacity for climate resilience, implementing locally-led adaptation actions, and mainstreaming climate change adaptation into district development planning and budgeting. The expected outputs resulting from this project include enhanced knowledge and awareness among local stakeholders, updated local adaptation plans, integrated climate-resilient responses into social protection programs, and improved dialogue, coordination, and monitoring of adaptation actions.

The project offers multiple benefits for rural populations, including improved food and nutrition security, local job creation, and empowerment for women and youth.