This technical report covers the technical analysis of the technical annex submitted on a voluntary basis, in the context of results-based payments, by Mozambique on 20 December 2022 through its first biennial update report in accordance with decision 14/CP.19. The technical annex provides data and information on the activity reducing emissions from deforestation, which is an activity included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70, and covers the same national territorial forest area as the assessed forest reference emission level (FREL) proposed by Mozambique in its modified FREL submission of May 2018.

Mozambique reported the results of implementing this activity for 2014–2016, which amount to 78,809,278 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and were measured against the assessed FREL of 38,956,426 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The data and information provided in the technical annex are in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in decision 14/CP.19, annex. The technical analysis concluded that the data and information provided by Mozambique in the technical annex are mostly transparent and fully consistent with the data and information used for establishing the assessed FREL in accordance with decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 71(b), and decision 12/CP.17, section II. This report contains the findings from the technical analysis and a few areas identified for capacity-building and future technical improvement in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 14.