Ministry of Energy, Malawi

Mandate and Core Business
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment is mandated to provide policy guidance and direction on all matters concerning Malawi’s natural resources, energy, and environmental management.
Out of the current Government Nine Priority Areas, the Ministry is implementing Priority Number Five which include Climate Change, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, and Priority Number Nine which tackles Energy and Mining.

Mission
The Ministry’s mission is to coordinate, facilitate and promote participation of all stakeholders in the sustainable development, utilization and management of natural resources, energy and environment for socio-economic growth and development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment fulfills its mandate through the following strategic objectives:

To promote coordination and collaboration in sound utilization and management of the natural resources, energy and environment in Malawi with full participation of government institutions, the private sector, NGOs, communities and other relevant stakeholders at district, national, regional and international levels.
To promote development, implementation and compliance of natural resources, energy and environment policies, programs, legislation and other related instruments.
To promote capacity building in environmental education, public awareness and participation in sound natural resources, energy and environmental management practices at all levels.
To promote and ensure participatory development and implementation of natural resources, energy and environmental management planning and monitoring tools.
To provide efficient and responsive weather and climate services including provision of information on climate change that meets national and international obligations and contribute to Malawi’s social economic development.
To transform the country’s energy economy from one that is overly dependent on biomass to one with a high modern energy component in the energy mix.