The United Kingdom will provide $1.63 million to help Mozambique access and manage climate finance, in support of a two-year initiative aimed at equipping Mozambican institutions with the tools to identify funding sources and prepare climate-response investments.

According to Lusa, the British High Commission in Maputo and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, 9 November, to support the FORÇA programme — Fortalecimento da Capacidade para Aceder ao Financiamento Climático, or Strengthening Capacity to Access Climate Finance.

The Mozambican government will lead the initiative, which will support the National Directorate of Climate Finance (DNFC) within the Ministry of Planning and Development. Funding will be provided by the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), while UNU-WIDER will be responsible for fund management, technical assistance, and financial and operational oversight of the programme.

Among the programme's priorities are improving climate finance information systems, strengthening data analysis capacity, and enhancing coordination among public institutions, researchers, businesses, and international partners. The objective is to give the DNFC better conditions to identify funding opportunities and support investment decision-making.

The programme complements UK support for the implementation of Mozambique's National Climate Finance Strategy 2025–2034, which guides the mobilisation of resources for sustainable development and climate-response projects.

Mozambique is exposed to cyclones, floods, and droughts, and has solar, wind, and hydropower resources with potential to attract renewable energy investment. To deliver on those projects, national institutions require the technical capacity to structure them, identify financing sources, and manage mobilised resources.

"Strong national institutions are the best path to lasting climate action," said Louise Walker, Deputy British High Commissioner and Development Director in Maputo, quoted in the statement. She said the United Kingdom aims to support a Mozambique-led climate finance system capable of attracting long-term investment.

Patricia Justino, Director of UNU-WIDER, stressed that access to international funds depends on reliable information and teams capable of using it to prepare investments. "The objective is to build lasting national capacity that endures well beyond the programme itself," she said.

The Minister of Planning and Development, Salim Valá, identified resource mobilisation as one of the country's principal challenges. "One of our greatest challenges is mobilising financing and investment to promote sustainable growth and job creation," he said. He also underlined the need to strengthen institutional capacity to deploy resources efficiently.

The programme complements UK support for the implementation of Mozambique's National Climate Finance Strategy 2025–2034, which guides the mobilisation of resources for sustainable development and climate-response projects.