[{"bbox": [87, 153, 312, 184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [97, 199, 560, 227], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection and Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [97, 251, 763, 279], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 279, 1134, 411], "category": "Text", "text": "The project includes minor construction measures, consequently expected environmental and social risks will be presumably limited and reversible. The preliminary assessment by KfW has resulted in environment and social impact category B (moderate risks not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design). Nonetheless, the project preparation includes an Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) in order to identify and mitigate potential environmental, social and climate related issues."}, {"bbox": [97, 411, 1134, 620], "category": "Text", "text": "Currently, an ESIA is being carried out by a consultant financed by the German government in preparation for the project. The study will assess the four sites regarding environmental, social impact and climate risks. The sites of Maputo, Chibata (Centre) and Nampula (North) are currently already home to EDM substations, so the land use rights for EDM should be available. Initial results of the ESIA show that for specific sites, compensation payments for the resident population currently cultivating the land are foreseeable. The Matalane site (Greater Maputo), which will host the National Control Centre, is not yet developed and land rights still have to be secured. Construction of necessary access roads is currently underway, as a substation will initially be constructed on the site in the near future."}, {"bbox": [97, 649, 669, 677], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 676, 1134, 728], "category": "Text", "text": "The CRA screening carried out by KfW concluded that this action is of no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 729, 1134, 836], "category": "Text", "text": "One of the main objectives of the action is to contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing Green House Gases (GHG) emissions. The action indeed aims at enabling the integration of more renewable energy into the national electricity grid. Today, the expansion of variable renewable energy - wind and solar PV - generation feeding into the grid is limited without an effective control."}, {"bbox": [97, 867, 638, 895], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 893, 1134, 1106], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that Gender equality is a significant objective of the action. Both men and women will equally benefit from enhanced access to more reliable and sustainable energy supply in Mozambique. It has been demonstrated that access to clean energy has a higher impact on women whose health, access to information and economic opportunities are improved. Access to clean energy for women reduces energy and time poverty and might also reduce gender-based violence related to fuel/wood collection. Specific attention will be given to participation of women and women led private sector organisation in the ESIA processes. Equality in access to training will also be ensured. Gender responsible policy frameworks, the promotion of equitable power relations within workplaces will be included."}, {"bbox": [97, 1136, 244, 1164], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [97, 1163, 1134, 1376], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will contribute to address the development inequalities in the country and to reduce the infrastructure gap between the North and the South. Without the contribution of the EU, the overall Action would not be able to cover the North. The EU support will allow providing reliable and stable energy to the North Provinces affected by high levels of poverty, including access to basic services, and by the security related crisis since 2017, which created a large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This action is complementary to other Actions foreseen in the Annual Action Plan 2022 targeting the North of the country, in line with the triple nexus approach enhancing complementarity between humanitarian, development and peace actors in line with international human rights standards and international humanitarian law."}, {"bbox": [97, 1376, 1134, 1533], "category": "Text", "text": "Access to electricity is also considered a human right. It provides the potential for everyone to exercise power and improve their lives. Access to energy is fundamental to achieve most of the Sustainable Development Goals. Education, health, water, biodiversity, agriculture or climate change are some of the sectors where better access to energy plays has a transformative impact. The action will respect the 5 principles of the human rights-based approach: i) transparency, ii) accountability, iii) respect to all human rights, iv) participation, and v) non-discrimination."}, {"bbox": [97, 1566, 197, 1594], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disability"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 25"}]