The Master Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction 2017–2030 establishes Mozambique’s long-term strategic framework for reducing disaster risk and strengthening the resilience of people, livelihoods, health, and public and private infrastructure to extreme events and the effects of climate change. Approved by the Council of Ministers on 17 October 2017, the Plan covers the period 2017–2030 and succeeds the 2006–2016 disaster prevention and mitigation plan. Its principal objective is to reduce disaster risk, loss of human life and damage to vital infrastructure, while preventing the creation of new risks by increasing human and infrastructural resilience to extreme or recurrent climatic, natural and human-induced events. The Plan places particular emphasis on understanding disaster risk, integrating risk reduction into public policies and development planning, strengthening governance and public and private participation, improving territorial planning, protecting public and private investment, and addressing the risks associated with climate change and rapid urbanisation. The Plan translates these objectives into measures for disaster prevention, preparedness, early warning, emergency response, resilient recovery and reconstruction, supported by education, research, information systems, institutional capacity-building and national and international cooperation. It provides specifically for the protection of critical infrastructure, urban risk management, financial protection against disasters, improved management of drought-prone and semi-arid areas, water infrastructure and access, reforestation, sustainable biomass use, and climate-resilient housing. It also explicitly addresses agriculture, fisheries, water resources, environmental management, biodiversity, climate-change adaptation, food and nutritional security, including strategic food and seed reserves, and measures to diversify livelihoods and reduce the vulnerability of agricultural communities. Implementation is to be integrated into government five-year programmes and annual economic and social plans, with intermediate evaluations and a final evaluation in 2030.
Mozambique · 2017-10-17