Nature-based solutions for climate resilience
Newsletter 1 | March 2024 l Pedro Malheiro
Climate action: implementation of technical training plan has begun
Newsletter 1 | April 2024 l Inês Mourão
Climate action – Why now?
Newsletter 1 | April 2024 l Ethel Fernandes
Environmentalists say water harvesting should be a priority for Cabo Verde’s climate fund
Cape Verdean environmental associations have expressed to Lusa the urgent need to prioritise water collection in the country’s new climate fund, which is about to be established by the government. According to Januário Nascimento, president of the Association for the Defence of the Environment and Development (ADAD), the fund should be directed towards mobilising water […]
Water and Sanitation Programme under review in Praia
The Water and Sanitation Programme, funded by Luxembourg Cooperation for the period 2021-2025 and valued at 18 million euros, was analysed in Praia, at the 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee. The programme was developed with a pragmatic approach, focused on Cabo Verde’s priority needs and with a view to solving problems effectively. The committee […]
Alarming climate trend: the planet’s average temperature exceeds 1.5°C above the Pre-Industrial period in 12 months
For the first time in history, annual global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels, as revealed by the European Union’s climate service. This represents a significant milestone, given that world leaders had pledged in 2015 to limit long-term temperature rises to 1.5 ºC in order to avoid the most severe impacts of climate […]
PR calls for more attention to food and nutritional security in the face of drought and rising product prices
José Maria Neves, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, urges the central and local authorities, and civil society itself, to manage water in the best way, and to pay more attention to the food and nutritional security of families, in view of rising product prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of Cape […]
IMF follows with “great interest” Cabo Verde’s example of debt conversion into climate financing
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is following with “great interest” the mechanism for converting debt into climate financing, developed between Cabo Verde and Portugal, said the director of the organization’s African Department, Abebe Aemro Selassie. The responsible hopes that, in practice, it will translate into benefits for the country. Abebe Aemro Selassie, who was speaking […]
Praia hosts meeting of the joint steering committee of the Readiness Projects, financed by the Green Climate Fund
The Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), convened a crucial meeting in Praia. The focus of the meeting was the preparation of the Readiness projects by the joint steering committee. These initiatives, financed by the Green Climate […]
UN climate chief calls for $2.4 trillion in climate finance
Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations for Climate, emphasized the need for transition. The world needs to mobilize at least $2.4 trillion to keep global climate change goals within reach, the United Nations climate chief said. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, addressed a group of students […]