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The government of Mozambique intends to adapt to these changes using the following plan of action;

Dynamic, long-term planning mechanisms to cope with the inherent uncertainties of climate change in Mozambique strengthened.

• Information based on climate change adaptation (CCA) improved and incorporated into planning and decision-making.
• CCA integrated relevant planning, such as poverty reduction.

Leadership and institutional frameworks to manage climate change risks and opportunities harmonized, coordinated and strengthened.

• Institutional arrangement for effective CCA management and coordination established.
• Functioning CCA multi-stakeholder technical coordination/expertise platform.
• Parternship building and empowerment of all stakeholders in CCA.

Climate-resilient policies and measures implemented in priority sectors and through demonstration projects.

• Line ministries adjust their spending plans and policies to improve climate risk management.
• Line ministries implement pilot projects to understand effective adaptation.
• Mainstreaming CCA in decentralization strategy.

Financing options to meet adaptation costs expanded.

• Developing evidence base and capacity at finance and planning institutions for adaptation planning.
• Consolidating the evidence base into a national financing strategy for adaptation.

Knowledge on adjusting national development processes to fully incorporate climate change risks and opportunities generated and shared, including through an advocacy strategy.

• Policy and programmatic responses for adaptation in priority sectors documented and disseminated.
• CCA knowledge, lessons and experiences used to inform policies and interventions.

AAP Inception Workshop was held March 3-4, 2010:

1. Identified barriers to project implementation
2. Identified key stakeholders and group work activities, including ranking results and actions
3. Brainstorming and discussion of specific challenges and innovative solutions – competition between implementing agencies, management arrangements, and appropriate home of Steering Committee
4. Apportioned budget per ministry, per activity result
5. Current staff shortage in Country Office for Climate Change Adaptation
6. Mozambique is far advanced in climate change risk assessments, however the existing studies can be built upon particularly in terms of using this information in modeling
7. Mozambique has a good baseline assessment of climate change risks, which can be used to feed into modeling exercises. Additionally some Threshold 21 (T21) modeling has been undertaken within the country to guide the Vision 2030. This expertise can be built upon.
8. Recommend UNDP Country Office generates a detailed action plan
9. Recommend deploy technical expert to facilitate implementation of the AAP, while County Office employs project staff