Maputo, May 2012  - The AAP’s knowledge management component proudly launched in Maputo, Mozambique, its Knowledge Management Needs Survey Report. The report was launched on May 8th, during the Regional Workshop on the Capitalization of Experience on Climate Change Adaptation.

The report is a broad, research-driven assessment of what the knowledge needs are of AAP countries. It has been produced in order to help these countries capture, share and capitalize on the wealth of climate- and development-related knowledge available.  

Maputo, April 2012 -  Australia is continuing to support the Government of Mozambique’s goal to clear all known mined areas in Mozambique by 2014.

Speaking in Maputo during a two days bilateral visit, Australia’s High Commissioner to Mozambique, Ann Harrap, announced that the Government of Australia has committed an additional Aus$3 million over 3 years to support the demining work of the United Nations Development Program and the National Institute for Demining. “This commitment responds to a recent request from Mozambique’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henrique Banze, to assist Mozambique meet the 2014 demining target ” the High Commissioner said.

Maputo, February 2012  – The police play a complex and interlinked role in the communities they serve and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS adds an extra layer of complexity to this relationship. Mozambican police lack solid data and empirical research about HIV/AIDS, its impacts and lessons learnt. Due to the close interaction between police and society, the police are an important link with groups often excluded from communities and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS such as sex workers, migrants and drug addicts.

Maputo , January 2012 -  Mozambique and Vietnam share many of the same concerns when it comes to natural hazards. Flooding in major river basins is an annual problem in both countries; flash floods and cyclones also occur regularly; drought is a frequent issue; and with potential sea-level rise as a result of climate change impacts both countries, with their long coastlines, are particularly vulnerable. A group from the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) visited Vietnam in September for new ideas and visions for adaptation to the realities of Mozambique. The group was hosted by the Disaster Management Centre within the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

Maputo, December 2011  - The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, gathers environment ministers and negotiators from 195 countries from 28 November to 9 December. The Kyoto protocol,the world’s only binding climate agreement, expires at the end of 2012, and talks in Copenhagen and Cancún in the past two years have failed to replace or renew it.
Besides taking a national position at the negotiations, Mozambique also participates as a member of two negotiating blocks, the Africa Group and the G77 plus China. As a region, Africa is the least responsible for climate change but will be the most affected. Africa has been speaking with one voice but is struggling to be heard. In the negotiations, the African Position is: