Cape Verde
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (29 Mar 1995)
- KP: ratification (10 Feb 2006)
o Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (31 July 2001)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (31 July 2001)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Climate
- Resolution No. 16/2009 Instituting the Inter-Ministerial Commission on Climate Change (2009) [Portuguese]
- Resolution No. 87/2014 Creating the Steering Committee for the implementation of the project “Strengthening Capacity of Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in the Water Sector in Cape Verde”(2014) [Portuguese]
Air protection
- Decree-Law No. 5/2003 defining the National system for air protection and control (2003) [Portuguese]
Energy
- Resolution No. 7/2012 approving the Strategic Plan for Renewable Energies (2012) [Portuguese]
- Decree-Law No. 53/2010 approving the legal regime for the exploitation of two National Solar Photovoltaic Centers (2010) [Portuguese]
- Decree-Law No. 1/2011 regulating promotion, incentives, access, licensing and exploitation of independent and self-production of electric energy (2011) [Portuguese]
- Decree-Law No 29/2014 creating and approving the Statute of the Center for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance, Public Business Entity (2014) [Portuguese]
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Decree-Law No. 29/2006 regulating Environmental Impact Assessment (2006) [Portuguese]
- Decree-Law No. 5/2014 establishing the legal regime and taxes for the proceedings of Environmental Impact Assessment (2014) [Portuguese]
Others
- Second National Environment Action Plan (2004) [English]
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2000) [French]
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007) [English]
- Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2011) [English]
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
Updated as of: December 29, 2014