risks to an intended project and propose potential adaptation measures. The screening tool will serve to prioritize public investments for climate proofing (World Bank, 2006a).

Coordination for climate change adaptation is only effective if it avoid gaps and duplications (Frantz and Komich, 2003; Killick et al., 2005). The Country Analytical Work (CAW)<sup>8</sup> platform provides experience on policy dialogue, country strategies and operational aspects and the database ODAmoz enables tracking donors’ and United Nations agencies’ projects and programs. To increase awareness on adaptation measures, a new category for adaptation could be created under the targeted sectors following an earlier effort by OECD/DAC to identify projects in support of the Rio Conventions (so-called “Rio Markers”).

Mozambique is a participant of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, which provides impetus for budget support. Nonetheless project-type support is playing a key role in Mozambique today (GoM, 2006b). While project type assistance offers little benefits beyond the targeted community and mainstreaming adaptation efforts are rather short-lived (Killick et al., 2005), lessons learnt from concrete adaptation projects can provide important insights, raise awareness and inform decision-making on integrating climate risks at a more strategic, national level. Coordination on adaptation implementation may be undertaken under the Development Partners Group (DPG) in a working group at a technical level. Thereby, the identification of common strategic and operational adaptation interventions could benefit from insights presented in section 4.2.

Budget support provides a number of opportunities for advancing environmental considerations by offering the prospect for increased funding through the budget, strengthening budgetary processes within MICOA and increasing ownership over environmental spending plans (ODI, 2006).

Assistance under the Global Environmental Facility to develop National Adaptation Programmes of Action is a key funding vehicle for adaptation (Adger et al., 2003). Besides funding for preparing its NAPA under the LDC Fund, Mozambique has received further funding under the Strategic Priority on Adaptation and the SCCF. Improving coherence and identifying synergies between international initiatives would be an important step without necessarily developing new instruments (Dodds et al., 2002). Regional cooperation such as through the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) would also lend support to implement adaptation measures above all at cross-national level, _e.g.,_ transport infrastructure, water supply and electricity generation. Initiatives at national and regional level imply specifically good prospects to assist developing country partners such as Mozambique when they are embedded in complementary action within the broader global environment (Bryceson, 2004; Jones, 2002; Metz et al., 2002).

# **_Government of Mozambique_**

Stabile political conditions in Mozambique have created a suitable environment for considering newly emerging policy issues (Kaufmann et al., 2007). Mozambique has made considerable progress in integrating climate concerns in national development planning as demonstrated in 8 Accessible at: www.countryanalyticwork.net