Final Report
Mozambique faces interconnected climate and nutrition challenges. Recurrent droughts, floods, cyclones, and extreme rainfall disrupt agricultural production, livelihoods, markets, water and sanitation systems, and health services, with important consequences for food security and nutrition.
These hazards are particularly significant because many households depend on climate sensitive agriculture for food and income. This assessment examines how Mozambique’s national policies and institutional landscape frame the connection between climate and nutrition .
Policy Brief
Mozambique has established a strong policy foundation for integrating climate action and nutrition, although progress remains uneven across sectors. The review of 29 policies found the strongest integration in food security and agriculture policies. These policies commonly treat climate resilience and nutrition as mutually reinforcing objectives and support them through implementation plans, budgets, institutional responsibilities, and monitoring frameworks.
Climate-focused policies increasingly recognize the effects of climate shocks on food security, livelihoods, and nutrition, but most lack explicit nutrition objectives, indicators, financing, and implementation mechanisms. Health and nutrition policies present a similarly mixed picture: several technical and regulatory instruments remain disconnected from climate considerations, while more recent strategies demonstrate substantial operational integration.