Four ways Mozambique is adapting to the climate crisis

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In what follows, we explore four aspects of Mozambique’s climate crisis response, examining both their successes and limitations.

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Still, the government relies heavily on international aid and development organisations for funding climate adaptation work and for responding to weather-related disasters.

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But Beira mayor Albano Carige António told The New Humanitarian that getting funding for climate-related infrastructure – particularly from the central government – remains a challenge.

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Some parts of Beira are unlikely to ever be safe however much is spent on climate-resilient infrastructure. In the informal fishing settlement of Praia Nova, for example, ocean tides wash over some houses every day.

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As the new cyclone season gets underway this month, many Mozambicans in Mutua and other vulnerable areas will still be bracing for the worst. “What will I rebuild my house with?” Pracido, the mother of five whose property in Praia Nova was destroyed during Eloise, said in March.

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