EVENTS
The CVF-V20 at the 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG)
The CVF-V20 at the 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG)
The CVF-V20 will convene at the 2026 Spring Meetings of the IMF and WBG in Washington, D.C., to advance a bold agenda to align debt sustainability with climate resilience and unlock investment-led growth.
Planetary instability is increasingly undermining prosperity, stability, and security across the global economy. Climate shocks are eroding fiscal buffers, weakening growth, and amplifying sovereign risk. These are compounded by rising geopolitical tensions that destabilize markets, disrupt trade, and constrain investment flows. Together, these pressures fall disproportionately on climate-vulnerable economies.
In response, the CVF-V20 will present a unified pathway toward prosperity, stability, and security. The pathway includes advancing the Debt–Growth Agenda, restoring fiscal space for investment, strengthening regional cooperation, and long-term capital formation. The group is also set to endorse a strategic partnership with like-minded development finance institutions to scale concessional finance, mobilize private capital, and support Climate Prosperity Plans (CPPs).
CVF-V20 EVENTS DURING THE SPRING MEETINGS
Special Briefing and Reception for Diplomatic Missions of CVF-V20 Member Countries
Date
08 April 2026 (Wednesday)
Time
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (ET)
Location
10F, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
The special briefing will provide diplomatic missions of CVF-V20 member countries with updates on the group’s agenda for international financial architecture reform, as well as key initiatives on climate prosperity, carbon market access, loss and damage financing, and fellowship programmes. It will also offer an overview of the Secretariat’s engagements on the margins of the 2026 Spring Meetings.
Participation is limited to embassy officials of CVF-V20 Member Countries and members of the CVF-V20 Secretariat.
V20-GCF Exchange on Climate Finance Delivery
Date
13 April 2026 (Monday)
Time
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (ET)
Location
CVF-V20 Office, 7F, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
This event is convened by the CVF-V20, together with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), as part of the preparatory process for the GCF’s next Updated Strategic Plan (2028-2031) and aims to convene a dialogue bringing together Ministries of Finance, economic planners, and key delivery partners to explore high-impact solutions that align GCF’s strategic direction and programming with the real economy needs and emerging challenges of climate-vulnerable countries, including country platforms and beyond.
16th V20 Ministerial Dialogue
Date
14 April 2026 (Tuesday)
Time
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM (ET)
Location
MC 13-301, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Building on the 15th V20 Ministerial Communiqué, which articulated the Debt-Growth Agenda, the 16th Dialogue of the V20 Finance Ministers seeks to deepen the link between climate prosperity, fiscal space, macroeconomic stability, and climate security. It will be divided into two sessions:
1. CVF-V20 Members-Only Segment: Pulling the Methane Emergency Brake
This closed session will focus on advancing coordinated action to rapidly reduce methane emissions at the lowest system-wide cost, while maximizing macroeconomic stability, expanding fiscal space, and catalyzing private capital mobilization.
2. V20 Members Dialogue with Partners: Unlocking Fiscal Space and Private Capital for Prosperity, Stability, and Security
This session will bring together V20 members and partners to advance solutions for scaling concessional finance and establishing minimum concessionality floors to safeguard debt sustainability. Discussions will also address approaches to debt restructuring and financing that support growth and stability at the right scale and timing, and at the right cost. In addition, the session will explore mechanisms to mobilize private and philanthropic capital at scale for adaptation, resilience, health, and education.
The session will issue a clear call for development finance institutions (DFIs) to join the V20–DFI Compact, co-convened by the CVF-V20 and the OPEC Fund for International Development, to align financing with CPPs and deploy shock-responsive instruments that strengthen resilience and unlock investment across V20 economies.
Fifth Central Bank Governors Working Group Meeting
Date
15 April 2026 (Wednesday)
Time
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (ET)
Location
HQ1-R-584, IMF Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Since its establishment in 2023, the V20 Central Bank Governors’ Working Group (CBWG) has been working to strengthen the collective capacity of CVF-V20 member countries to understand and respond to the macroeconomic, monetary, and financial stability implications of climate shocks.
The Fifth Meeting of the CBWG will mark a key milestone, featuring initial findings from its technical committee’s assessment of the impact of climate shocks on balance-of-payments dynamics in CVF-V20 economies.
Global Shield Partner Country Roundtable Meeting
Date
15 April 2026 (Wednesday)
Time
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (ET)
Location
CVF-V20 Office, 7F, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
The roundtable aims to drive coordinated action among policymakers, donors, development partners, and the private sector to strengthen fiscal and financial resilience to climate risks in Global Shield countries. It will explore how multilateral financing can better support pre-arranged disaster risk financing solutions, such as risk retention and risk transfer instruments, that provide timely, predictable funding for residual risks.
Participants will bring complementary perspectives: Global Shield countries will highlight priorities for scaling Climate and Disaster Risk Finance alongside adaptation and risk-reduction investments, while MDBs and climate funds will discuss aligning their financing instruments to support a holistic approach that links adaptation, financial protection, and development.
Scaling Financial Protection for Climate-Vulnerable Economies: Pathways for CVF-V20 and Public and Private Sector Collaboration
Date
16 April 2026 (Thursday)
Time
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET)
Location
CVF-V20 Office, 7F, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
This roundtable will identify concrete opportunities for enhanced collaboration and actionable steps for 2026 among the CVF–V20 Secretariat, the private sector, and multilateral partners to scale coordinated financial protection in climate-vulnerable economies.
During the session, participants will review progress and lessons from CVF–V20 and Insurance Development Forum (IDF)-supported financial protection initiatives, including the V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF), explore how blended finance, MDB frameworks, and public–private partnerships can expand MSME financial protection in V20 markets, including Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and examine how climate risk analytics and local data ownership can underpin country-led solutions.
CVF Global Parliamentary Group (GPG) Meeting
Date
16 April 2026 (Thursday)
Time
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (ET)
Location
US Capitol
This closed-door roundtable discussion will bring together U.S. Congressional climate champions and representatives of the CVF-V20 to explore practical avenues for collaboration that advance shared economic and climate objectives. The dialogue will focus on how congressional leadership can help strengthen international partnerships, unlock investment opportunities for U.S. companies, and support global climate resilience while reinforcing economic growth both domestically and abroad.
CVF-V20 and VCMI Carbon Finance Workshop Series: Leveraging Carbon Finance for Climate Prosperity
Date
17 April 2026 (Friday)
Time
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)
Location
CVF-V20 Office, 7F, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
The Carbon Finance Workshop Series was launched by the CVF-V20 and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to support climate-vulnerable countries in accessing high-integrity carbon markets and sharing best practices.
The third workshop will showcase country actions, private-sector expectations, and technical solutions to market bottlenecks, such as Article 6 authorisations. It will also present the program’s three-year strategy, provide a global update on carbon markets, and explore how international markets, domestic pricing, and innovative finance instruments can advance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), CPPs, and Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS).