IMPACTOS DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS OCORRIDAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE (1980-2023)

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.7182427123

• Palavras-chave: Mudanças climáticas; Moçambique

• Keywords: Climate change; Impacts; and Mozambican Economics.

• Abstract: The present is the result of an evaluation activity included in the discipline of Economics and Management of Natural Resources, at the Faculty of Forest and Faunal Resources Management (FAGREFF) of the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM) in Lichinga. The main objective is to analyze the impacts of climate change in Mozambique between 1980 and 2023. Mozambique is a country, with a vast coastline along the Indian Ocean and a predominantly rural population, a factor that makes it vulnerable to extreme weather events and to climate change. This is a qualitative approach, focusing on literature review and documentary analysis, through books, dictionaries, specialized academic and scientific magazines, scientific articles, theses, dissertations, which address issues related to the subject of this research. One of the most notable effects of climate change in 1 Estudante do 3º ano na Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 2 Estudante do 3º ano na Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 3 Estudante do 3º ano na Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 4 Estudante do 3º ano na Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 5 Estudante do 3º ano na Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 6 Docente da Universidade Católica de Moçambique – Faculdade de Gestão de Recurso Florestais e Faunísticos, em Lichinga – Niassa. 2 Mozambique is the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods and droughts. Cyclone Idai, for example, which hit the country in March 2019, was the most devastating. This phenomenon caused the deaths of more than 1,000 people, left hundreds of thousands homeless and caused direct damage that was estimated at billions of dollars. The intensity and destruction caused by Idai and other cyclones, such as Kenneth, reveal the country's growing vulnerability to natural disasters, precipitated by global warming and environmental degradation.