Kabu Verde pushes global compact on climate mobility, says it helped negotiate ocean declarations

Prime Minister Francis Evelyn Vat Carval told the General Assembly that Kabu Verde has taken active diplomatic steps on climate mobility and ocean governance. “In September 2024, Kabui launched a call for a global compact for climate mobility,” he said, and the prime minister added that in June in Berlin “57 countries endorsed the global consensus on the principles to address climate mobility.”

Carval said Kabu Verde helped facilitate negotiations at the United Nations on the political declaration of the third conference on the oceans and on a declaration addressing sea-level rise, arguing that protecting the ocean is integral to protecting national territory, the economy and culture for island states. He framed these diplomatic steps as part of Kabu Verde’s effort to translate global commitments into measures that safeguard populations and livelihoods.