Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in this change by supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report Coastal Blue Carbon Opportunities for Blue Economy Development, which aims to support government readiness to scale up public and private sector investments in Blue Carbon. This report, Mozambique: Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment, applies the global Blue Carbon readiness framework to the Mozambique context. Mozambique has high potential for Blue Carbon development. Multiple factors underlie this positive prospect: the country’s wealth in blue natural capital, its considerable progress to date toward a Blue Economy, and the substantial groundwork already laid for scaling investment. Bottlenecks that exist can be overcome. The Blue Carbon Readiness Framework provides a harmonized pathway for Mozambique to tap its Blue Carbon potential by jointly addressing technical, institutional, regulatory, and financial challenges.
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- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Mozambique - A Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42280 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
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- Other Environmental Study
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1596/42280
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- 34395936
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34395936
- Pages
- 102
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Mozambique
- Report
- 193743
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Planet - GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42280
- date disclosure
- 2024-10-22
- region administrative
- Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
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Table of Contents
- Abbreviations List 8
- Executive Summary 9
- The Blue Carbon Context 17
- Readiness Findings 19
- 3.1 20
- Data and Analytics: Blue Carbon Ecosystems (Pillar 1: 1-A) 20
- 3.1.1 Mozambique’s Blue Carbon Ecosystems 20
- 3.1.2 Data Capacity 23
- 3.1.3 Drivers of Loss Analysis 24
- 3.1.4 Socioeconomic Valuation of BCEs 26
- 3.2 29
- Data and Analytics: GHG Inventory (Pillar 1: 1-B) 29
- 3.2.1 REDD+/ Forest Reference Emission Levels (FREL) 31
- 3.2.2 Achievements and Areas of Improvement 32
- 3.3 35
- Policy and Institutions (Pillar 2) 35
- 3.3.1 NDC Commitments 36
- 3.3.2 NDC Implementation 37
- 3.3.3 Mozambique’s Mangrove Strategy 37
- 3.3.4 Mozambique’s REDD+ Strategy 38
- 3.3.5 Adaptation and Biodiversity Strategies 39
- 3.3.6 Marine Spatial Planning and the Blue Economy 40
- 3.3.7 Legal Protection for Blue Carbon Ecosystems 42
- 3.3.8 REDD+ Licensing 47
- 3.3.9 Community Governance 49
- 3.3.10 Institutional Framework 52
- 3.3.11 Achievements and Areas for Improvement 55
- 3.4 58
- Finance (Pillar 3) 58
- 3.4.1 Blue Carbon Finance Strategy 59
- 3.4.2 Operationalized Funding Tools 62
- 3.4.3 Carbon markets as a means of investment 71
- 3.4.4 REDD+ Finance 72
- 3.4.5 Biodiversity Finance 72
- 3.4.6 Achievements and Areas of Improvement 73
- Recommendations 75
- 4.1 75
- Pillar 1: Data & Analytics 75
- 4.2 78
- Pillar 2: Policy and Institutions 78
- 4.3 81
- Pillar 3: Finance 81
- Bibliography 84
- appendices 89
- Appendix 1 90
- Decision Tree 90
- Appendix 2 95
- Laws and Policies 95
- Appendix 3 97
- Portfolio Summary Table 97
- Appendix 4 99
- Donor Funding Initiatives in Mozambique 99
