Cape Verde

Population: 421,671
GDP: $1.626 billion (2008 est.)
Total Area: 4,033 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: 0.62
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: .009%

“As a small island state with limited rainfall, Cape Verde is already experiencing constraints in its access to fresh water resources. The Initial National Communication to the UNFCCC by Cape Verde (1999) identified four sectors as particularly vulnerable to climate change: water, agriculture, forestry and coastal development. The INC further identified limitation on water resources as a result of climate change as one of the main constraints to economic development in Cape Verde. In the more immediate planning horizon (next 10-20 years), climate induced changes include seasonal water shortages at an increasing number of economically important sites and year round shortages at other sites. In addition, climate variability is predicted to increase, with more storms, floods and droughts and a shorter and expected are under additional threat from the impacts of climate change.”

http://www.gefweb.org/uploadedfiles/LDCF/LDCF_insert_CapeVerde.pdf