GCA Strengthens Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Delivery in Mozambique through AAAP Masterclass on Climate-Resilient Infrastructure PPPs
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aputo, 10 December 2025 – The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), has reinforced efforts to support Mozambique’s climate-resilient infrastructure investments by delivering a Masterclass on Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Maputo from 8–10 December 2025. The Masterclass was implemented in close collaboration with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and partners, including the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC).
The Masterclass forms part of GCA’s Technical Assistance to AfDB-financed Songo–Matambo Electricity Transmission Line Project, a strategic investment strengthening power supply reliability, expanding electricity access, and enhancing regional power integration in Southern Africa. By focusing on climate risk assessment, resilient design choices, and climate-informed PPP contracting, the Masterclass directly supports Mozambique’s efforts to safeguard critical infrastructure investments, including future phases of the Songo–Matambo transmission corridor, against climate shocks such as floods, heat stress, and extreme weather events.
GCA’s technical assistance supports these objectives by incorporating comprehensive climate risk assessments, identifying cost-effective adaptation measures, developing climate-resilient transmission system maintenance and operations guidelines, and strengthening institutional capacity within EDM and other government agencies. The Masterclass translates this project-level analysis into broader institutional learning, helping ensure that future infrastructure investments are designed to withstand escalating climate risks such as flooding, heat stress, and extreme weather.
The Masterclass brought together more than 30 participants from key public institutions and the private sector, including Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the National Roads Administration (ANE), the Energy Fund (FUNAE), the Mozambique Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX), private infrastructure developers and consultants, as well as academic and research institutions such as Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM). Participants were equipped with practical tools to integrate climate resilience across the entire PPP cycle—from project identification and structuring to procurement, contract management, and long-term operation.
This integrated approach reflects the ambition of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program, co-led by GCA and the African Development Bank, to combine climate-smart financing with targeted technical assistance and capacity building—delivering infrastructure that is resilient, inclusive, and sustainable across Africa.
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About the Global Center on Adaptation
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organization that promotes adaptation to the impacts of climate change. It works to climate-proof development by instigating policy reforms and influencing investments made by international financial institutions and the private sector. The goal is to bring climate adaptation to the forefront of the global fight against climate change and ensure that it remains prominent. Founded in 2018, GCA is the first international organization to maintain dual headquarters in both the Global North in Rotterdam and in the Global South in Nairobi – underscoring the equal partnership between regions and the conviction that climate adaptation solutions must be co-designed and co-owned. Its regional hubs in Abidjan, Dhaka and Beijing, leverage local expertise to pilot and scale context-specific approaches. Together, these centers ensure a continuous, two-way exchange of knowledge and best practices that empower communities and drive resilient and inclusive growth worldwide.
