Federal President Steinmeier visits CVAO and OSCM on Cabo Verde

The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde José Maria Neves and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited two observatories for atmospheric and marine research on Cabo Verde on 5 October 2023. The aim of the visit was to find out about the extensive cooperation between the two countries in the field of climate research.

The Cabo Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) has become part of the European research infrastructure ACTRIS. It is jointly operated by a consortium consisting of the Cape Verdean Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INMG), the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena (MPI-BGC) and the University of York in the UK. The investments in new rooms and technology are being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with over 3 million euros as part of the German contribution ACTRIS-D. The two presidents also used their visit to the Atmospheric Observatory to lay the foundation stone for a new laboratory building.

Both presidents then visited the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM), which is operated by the German GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel together with the Cape Verdean Instituto do Mar, where they inaugurated a TROPOS measuring station for remote sensing of the atmosphere, learned about the Cape Verde Ocean Observatory (CVOO) and spoke with students from the WASCAL master's programme "Climate Change and Marine Sciences".

São Vicente, with the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM) and the Cabo Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO), is a prime example of international cooperation in atmospheric and climate research: marine and atmospheric research work hand in hand here, as do three non-university research communities - Helmholtz, Leibniz and Max Planck. The researchers come to Cabo Verde from a wide variety of countries - primarily from Germany and the UK, but also from the USA and China.

Visit at Cabo Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO)

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde José Maria Neves and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the 30-metre tower of the CVAO. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

TROPOS researcher Dr Khanneh Wadinga Fomba explains the measurements in the old container to the presidents. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

Foundation stone laid for the new laboratory building "TROPOS Aerosol Particle Analysis Laboratory (TOPAL)" at the Cabo Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO)

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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The presidents of the Republic of Cabo Verde and Germany symbolically laid the foundation stone for the new laboratory building at the CVAO with a capsule and two coins on 5 October 2023. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

Commissioning of the new TROPOS remote sensing station Cape Verde Radiation Observatory (CVRO) at the OSCM in Mindelo

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Andreas Macke, TROPOS

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  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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Federal President Steinmeier informed himself about TROPOS dust research on the roof of the OSCM and then symbolically put the new remote sensing station into operation by transferring the first file. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

Visit to the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM)

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

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  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Bundesregierung / Bergmann

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

  • Foto: Rico Hengst, TROPOS

Both presidents visited the OSCM to find out more about the Cape Verde Ocean Observatory CVOO, a long-term observatory in the open ocean 100 kilometres north-east of the island of São Vicente. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

The discussion with students of the West African Master's programme "Climate Change and Marine Sciences", funded by the BMBF via WASCAL, was a particular concern of both presidents. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

To commemorate the first visit of a German president to Cabo Verde, both presidents signed the hall of the OSCM. Video: Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR

Media reports

Cabo Verde television programme on the evening news - including statements by INMG President Domingo Veiga Gomes and President José Maria Neves:

Alemanha financia a construção de raiz, de um laboratório para servir o Centro Atmosférico de Cabo Verde

(Jornal da Noite TCV, 05 Outubro de 2023, 20:00 LT)

https://www.rtc.cv/tcv/video-details/alemanha-financia-a-construcao-de-raiz-de-um-laboratorio-para-servir-o-centro-atmosferico-de-cabo-verde-37726

 

Besonders betroffen: Cabo Verde und der Klimawandel
Radio report from DLF Kultur, 06 October 2023, 06:38 / 04:22 minutes / Author: Kuball, Maximilian
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/besonders-betroffen-cabo-verde-und-der-klimawandel-dlf-kultur-fee5563d-100.html