Environmental protection organizations told Lusa that water management is one of the priority topics that Cabo Verde should take to the United Nations climate summit (COP28), in Dubai.

“Cabo Verde is a country affected by drought and desertification. We must mobilize water, but also manage it well” for human use, said Januário Nascimento, president of the Association for the Defense of the Environment and Development (ADAD – Associação para a Defesa do Ambiente e Desenvolvimento). The problem is not exclusive to Cabo Verde, “it is a global issue”, which considers it to be affected by the failure to fulfill financing promises, after 28 summits.

For more than a decade, the most fragile countries have been asking for support, estimated at 100 billion dollars annually, for the transition to a world with fewer greenhouse gas emissions. “From COP to COP there have been several promises, but these millions do not reach Cabo Verde”, said Januário Nascimento.

Source: Green Savers/Lusa