Mozambique: Climate, Conflict and Aid – Three-Pronged Solution Needed for Mozambique

The protracted crisis in Cabo Delgado requires a triple nexus approach to climate change, conflict and humanitarian assistance.

Mozambique, like much of Southern Africa, faces increasing vulnerability to climate change. Frequent climate disasters like floods, the 2023/24 El Niño-induced drought and Tropical Storm Filipo, have severely disrupted agriculture-dependent communities.

In the northern Cabo Delgado province, the resultant crop failures, destruction of infrastructure and displacement of…