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 […]
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 […]
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 the purpose of outlining strategies for better climate governance. In 2024, Cabo Verde wants to invest in policies that aim to increase climate awareness and combat the effects of climate change. See the video here. […]
Cabo Verde launches Climate Portal
Cabo Verde will launch the website Portal do Clima (Climate Portal) on January 16th, in the Quintal Verde of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, in Cidade da Praia. The Portal do Clima – developed by the Government of Cabo Verde, via the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, with the support of Luxembourg Aid […]
Minister of Health calls for “solidarity” in the face of global warming
The Minister of Health, Filomena Gonçalves, called for international “solidarity” for the country to face the risk of a resurgence of diseases, two days after scientists announced that 2023 was the hottest year on record. “Cabo Verde is one of the small island states most affected by climate change,” she said, in an interview with […]
Climate and Environmental Fund is presented to international partners
The Climate and Environmental Fund was presented in the city of Praia to diplomatic missions, international and regional organizations. The fund is an instrument that will allow for greater mobilization of resources, as well as helping in their efficient use for the country’s climate action. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Gilberto Silva, […]
2023 was the hottest year ever and 2024 could follow an identical trajectory
The year that is now ending was the hottest in almost two centuries and global warming is accelerating, leaving “uncertainties about the future”, three scientists explain to Expresso. Although in Portugal we enter the new year under rain and, in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, rain and snow chill the days and nights, there […]
Smart City Expo World Congress
Smart City Expo World Congress brings together leaders from the most innovative companies, Governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future.
Prime Minister of Cabo Verde welcomes “historic agreement” with “very strong impacts”
Considering that the impacts of the agreement will be “very strong”, the Cape Verdean Prime Minister understood that the global solution is only achievable with the “firm commitment” of all countries in the world. The Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, this Wednesday classified the agreement reached at COP28 to abandon fossil fuels […]
