Climate Action in Higher Education
Climate action in higher education in Cape Verde: institutional and student impacts of the partnership between the University of Cape Verde and LuxDev. Abstract Climate change represents one of the major contemporary global challenges, with particularly severe impacts on Small Island Developing States, such as Cape Verde. This article analyses the project Climate Action in […]
Cape Verde launches the Strategic Plan for Mobilising Climate Support (PEMAC) to scale up sustainable financing and address the Climate Emergency
On 11 September 2025, in the city of Praia, the Government of Cape Verde presented the Strategic Plan for Mobilising Climate Support (PEMAC), an instrument aimed at strengthening the mobilisation of climate finance and accelerating the country’s energy transition, resilience, and decarbonisation by 2030. The official launch of PEMAC was led by the Ministry of […]
Green Energy, Digital Risk: Protecting Cabo Verde in a Smart Future
The energy transition in Cabo Verde is promising. But there is an invisible enemy growing in the shadow of this progress: cybersecurity. Protecting our power grid is more than a technical issue; it is about safeguarding sovereignty, trust, and security in a country that aspires to be modern and digital. Cabo Verde has been taking […]
Cape Verde on the Path to Energy Sustainability
Cape Verde is making steady progress toward energy sustainability with the pumped storage power plant project, Santiago Pumped Storage, to be built in Chã Gonçalves, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago – Santiago Island. This infrastructure will significantly increase energy storage capacity, enabling higher electricity production from renewable sources, ensuring energy independence and […]