Maputo, Oct. 24, 2025 (Lusa) - Mozambique has issued three million carbon credits out of the potential of around 100 million it has available to commercialise in the areas of energy, the sea and forests, the national authorities announced today.
"Mozambique has a potential of around 100 million carbon credits available, but these carbon credits are distributed, from the analysis that has been done, currently in three main areas, in the area of energy, in the area of the sea and in the area of forests," said Luis Nhamucho, a climate change specialist at the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, during a workshop on blue carbon in Maputo.
In the energy area, he pointed to the possibility of generating carbon credits in various projects to be sold on the carbon market: "for example, clean energy projects, where agents can implement solar panel systems, which can also generate carbon credits".
The same source emphasised the "potential for generating carbon credits in the area of the sea and water" generated in the mangroves and marine areas.
According to Nhamucho, in the forestry sector, Mozambique already has installed capacity to generate carbon through experience gained in the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Increasing Carbon Reserves (REDD+) project, implemented in Zambézia province, in the centre of the country.
'With the implementation of this project, Mozambique has already managed to get funding of around $6 million (€5 million), for the actions it has taken in the context of preventing deforestation,' he explained, adding that the action also opens up the possibility of generating carbon credits.
In addition to the potential and the areas that are adjacent to the potential of the projected 100 million, Nhamucho pointed out that the country has already had around three million credits issued: "of these emissions we have platforms, which are some international platforms that guarantee the registration of these emissions, of which 2.4 million are on a platform called the Gold Standard."
The representative listed among the benefits of the carbon market in the climate sector the support for financing and the creation of incentives to fund climate change mitigation activities, as well as the encouragement of countries and companies to invest in projects that reduce carbon emissions.
In 2023, Mozambique had around 45 million carbon credits ready for trading, as announced by the then Mozambican Minister for the Earth, Ivete Maibaze.
At the time, she also explained that, to exploit the potential of the carbon market, Mozambique had become a member of the African Carbon Markets Initiative and had begun drafting a Carbon Market Activation Plan, with a working group prioritising the development of a comprehensive and favourable regulatory framework.
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