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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Cabo Verde wants to be a reference in climate governance

The 2nd Comité de Pilotagem do Programa de Ação Climática (Ação Climática Program Steering Committee) met today, January 31st, with…

Call for projects and initiatives for triangular cooperation between Ibero-America and Portuguese-speaking African Countries

The Portugal-Latin America and Africa Triangular Cooperation Fund’s call for proposals for projects and initiatives in the areas of education;…