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of a national civil protection team inview of a response at a larger scale;3.5. Equip the country with the capacity tomobilise resources existing at the levelof international climate change fundingmechanisms, including compliance withthe standards and respective rulesimposed in the internationalinstruments, by 2012.4. Actions4.1. Adapt and strengthen the institutionalframework and capacity of INGC as aninstitutional point of implementation ofresponse measures in relation to thenew challenge of risk reduction andvulnerability brought by climate changeadaptation;4.2. Update the Disaster ManagementMaster Plan by 2012;4.3. Support INAM (National Institute ofMeteorology) with necessary means formore efficient weather forecasting, thusallowing better adaptation to climatechange;4.4. Create units for disaster riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation in each ministry and otherpublic sectors;4.5. Design and / or update and implementat least 4 (2 laws and 2 regulations) legalinstruments on building codes forinfrastructure and settlements in areasof risk, including the possibility of amechanism of expropriation for publicpurposes;4.6. Establish at the Academy of Sciences ofMozambique and in partnership withINGC and the Ministries of Science andTechnology, Education and Coordinationof Environmental Affairs, a Centre ofKnowledge on the management ofdisaster risk resulting from climatechange;4.7. Strengthen the financial capacity of thepublic media in order to disseminateinformation on adaptation measures;4.8. Design and implement three projectswith the Technical Secretariat for FoodSecurity and Nutrition (SETSAN),including the necessary fundraising forcarrying out the activities;4.9. Conduct joint activities between INGCand IIAM (Mozambique AgrarianResearch Institute) for research anddissemination of techniques and cropsresistant/adaptable to climate change ;4.10. Design and implement joint projectswith the three Regional WaterAdministrations, including the necessaryfundraising ;4.11. In a joint action between INGC andEduardo Mondlane University, two fieldtrials must be designed andimplemented on the impact of groundlevel ozone on crop yield;4.12. Jointly with INGC, restructure andstrengthen the activity of civilprotection;4.13. By 2012, create the Fund for DisasterRisk Reduction and VulnerabilityReduction as a separate account thatreports directly to the Council ofMinisters;4.14. Design and promote the correspondingapproval by sectors responsible forconstruction, public works and landallocation, in coordination withcommunity leaders, local and municipalgovernment, of measures to discourageand prohibit construction and buildingin areas prone to flooding, erosion andcyclones, as well as in other precariousterrain;, including through theadjustment of the legal framework onland use, planning, land allocation,building, construction licensing andrecourse to the institute of publicinterest to revoke land rights and otherOctober 2012, p 11
properties existing on these lands.Deadline: Immediate;4.15. The relevant government sectors mustdesign and approve, in coordination withthe municipal authorities, the measuresaimed at introducing compound taxesfor land use and construction in high riskareas. Deadline: Immediate.6.4. Increase the number of projects fundedby the District Development Fund (FDD)which promotes initiatives of adaptationto climate change. Deadline: Immediate;6.5. Establish with the INGC a competitivefund to promote and fund initiatives onadaptation projects: starting with 15projects per year. Deadline: from 2013.Pillar III: Planning and budgetingfor adaptation5. Objectives5.1. Consider disaster risk and vulnerabilityinvoked by climate change as a crosscuttingissue requiring its inclusion in theformulation of national policies andother instruments of governance,including at the level of legalframeworks;5.2. Include the issue of adaptation toclimate change on the agenda ofdevelopment and poverty reduction,including the role of developmentpartners in financing the Poverty ReliefandReduction <strong>Programme</strong>;6. Actions6.1. Include the issue of disaster riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation in sectoral programmes,strategies and plans, as well as in otherinstruments of governance and incorresponding regulations andguidelines. Deadline: Immediate.6.2. Include climate change adaptationactivities in sectoral economic and socialplans and budgets, as well as in nationaleconomic and social plans. Deadline:immediate;6.3. Include the issue of climate changeadaptation in district developmentplans. Deadline: Immediate;Pillar IV: Communication andInformation7. Objectives7.1. Produce and disseminate knowledgeand information needed on climatechange vulnerability and its impacts onthe economic and social life of thecountry, communities and households inorder to enable informed decisionmakingat all levels of the governmentand at the level of households and localcommunities;7.2. Raise the level of national awarenessand that of individual citizens to allowfor a national mobilization in response toclimate change.October 2012, p 12
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