Since August 2023, Cabo Verde has had a Climate Communication Program that aims to increase knowledge about climate action. One of the actions planned is the publication of podcasts in which renowned personalities from Cabo Verdean society and international guests join Jailson Tuber to discuss climate-related issues and how we can act to have a more climate-friendly present and future. There are 20 episodes dedicated to culture, youth leadership, social protection and migration, the blue economy, innovation, technology, human health, risk reduction, biodiversity conservation, water and more. Listen, watch and learn.

Based on the results of the first climate perception survey, conducted in 2023 among more than 600 households on the inhabited islands of Cabo Verde by the National Statistics Institute (INE) with the support of Luxembourg Cooperation, it can be seen that the level of knowledge about climate change is still very low, standing at just 19% of respondents.

In order to address this finding, aclimate communication plan was drawn up and approved by the Council of Ministers in August 2023, with the aim of increasing this same literacy to levels of 50% climate perception, with ten measures that include, for example, the creation of the Climate Portal, support for education in initiatives such as civic week, the publication of thewebinar and the teacher’s agenda – with suggestions for activities that can be carried out throughout the year, the Children’s andYouth Parliament on children’s rights and climate action and the Children’s and Youth Academy for climate action, among others.

In addition to these, one of the activities that underpins the communication plan is the regular publication of podcasts on the intersection of current issues and climate action.

The fifth issue of the climate action newsletter now focuses on topics from some of these podcasts, such as meteorology and climatology, youth leadership and human health.

We therefore invite you to watch the episodes that have already been published and which feature, for example, Sandra Horta (artist), Marco Rocha (journalist) and Domingos Tavares (president of the National Civil Protection and Fire Service), among others, on how climate action affects culture, information, disaster risk reduction, human health, mobility, education, youth, social protection and migration and so many other areas of our daily lives.

What’s more, as we approach the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held in Bacu, Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22, the subject of climate finance is unavoidable, so we also have an article on the subject. And, as always, we have the participation of one of the students from the Children and Youth Academy for Climate Action.

Happy reading!

Author

Inês Mourão,
Climate Action Program Coordinator