Climate change worsens life in Cabo Verde; citizens want collective action to combat it

Cabo Verde ranks as the 98th most vulnerable country in the world to climate change and 76th out of 192 countries in readiness to tackle the threat (ND-GAIN, 2021). [...] Overwhelming majorities say greater efforts are needed from developed countries, the Cabo Verdean government, business and industry, and ordinary citizens to protect the country from the climate threat. [...] Copyright ©Afrobarometer 2023 4 Figure 4: Awareness of climate change | Cabo Verde | 2017-2022 100% 80% 71% 74% 66% 60% 40% 33% 20% 26% 24% 0% 2017 2019 2022 Aware of climate change Not aware of climate change Respondents were asked: Have you heard about climate change, or haven’t you had the chance to hear about this yet? Figure 5: Awareness of climate change | by demographic group | Cabo Verde |. [...] Regional coordination of national partners in about 35 countries is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [...] Institute of Peace, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, the.