National Adaptation Plan (to Climate Change) of Cape Verde, 2022-2030.

Cape Verde's National Adaptation Plan (for Climate Change NAP CV 2022-2030) is an important contribution after the approval of the Nationally Determined Contribution, which is guided by a high level of ambition. This Plan aims at increasing climate resilience in national and sectoral public, private and civil planning and budgeting processes. Based on an exhaustive consultation process, the NAP CV is guided by the principle of equality and participation, aiming to increase the resilience of Cape Verde, its people, its ecosystems and assets, with emphasis on the most vulnerable segments of society with gender perspective, the environment and the economy.
The Plan highlights some recommendations with a view to ensuring greater participation of the most vulnerable groups to climate change in the adaptation process, such as: Develop tools to support the mainstreaming of gender and issues related to vulnerable groups (gender assessment guides, participatory approach, use of gender markers, etc.); Ensure the inclusion of socio-economic analysis sensitive to gender and vulnerable groups in crisis adaptation plans, at the macro, meso and micro levels; Assess social and gender impacts in post-disaster responses to all related and involved actors and sectors; Ensure a follow-up sensitive to social and gender issues of populations in areas most exposed to risks and assessment of the impact of disasters; Deepen the approach to gender and vulnerable groups in initiatives to combat rural poverty and food insecurity, etc.
The Strategic Vision envisaged by 2030 is that Cape Verde will minimize the impacts of climate change through planned and concerted actions at all levels to become more sustainable, innovative and resilient. The main objectives of the NAP CV are: 1. Create an enabling environment to facilitate the integration of adaptation into planning and budgeting; 2. Improve the capacity to manage and share data and information, access to technology and finance for adaptation; and 3. Implement adaptation actions for greater resilience of the most vulnerable. The main instruments for implementing the NAP are through ambitious training and communication plans, together with a monitoring and evaluation system, with a view to mobilizing and learning about climate resilience by the various actors in the public, private and civil spheres, through ownership of the planning and budgeting process and the implementation of concrete actions aimed at a greater climate resilience.
Its Mission aims to reduce the vulnerability of Cape Verde's ecosystems and economy, improving the quality of life of its population, through the implementation of transformative adaptation measures that also promote the regeneration of the economy towards a less polluting form, aiming at a sustainable development, with the active participation of all socio-economic sectors. The three pillars that support the objectives of the NAP CV are: 1. Institutional framework; 2. Knowledge, technology and financing; and 3. Resilience of the most vulnerable.