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Now is the time to focus on loss and damage from climate change
The year 2020 will be remembered as not just the year of the pandemic, but also for the experienced human-induced climate change impacts, making loss and damage from those impacts a reality.

The G7 countries need to step up on climate finance
One of the positive outcomes of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change back in 2015 was a pledge from the rich countries to provide USD

Dealing with loss and damage in COP26
Loss and damage from human induced climate change is an issue that has emerged in recent years, as the adverse impacts of climate change are becoming more and more visible around the world, ranging from more severe cyclones to super wildfires and frequent floods, as well as heat waves and droughts […]

Honouring the Paris Agreement Goals: A way forward
Farhana Yamin is an international climate change lawyer, activist and deputy chair of the Expert Advisory Group of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, an international

Climate change ambitions at the end of 2020: Good news and bad
Dr Saleemul Huq is Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University Bangladesh. Article Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/politics-climate-change/news/climate-change-ambitions-the-end-2020-good-news-and-bad-2026697 One of the

“Midnight” – a creation by CVF Ambassador for Culture Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner
This December marks the 5th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement, a crucial global climate treaty. The Pacific played a pivotal role in pushing countries to adopt more robust commitments – and has continued to lobby for necessary climate measures.

Reflections on the “Implementation COP”
By Ms. Isabel Andam, CVF Youth Fellow COP has always been a forum in which countries can come together, in spite of geopolitical conflicts, to

Is the Day of Implementation Coming?
By Mr. Almustafa Mohamed Hussein Abbas, CVF Youth Fellow Sudan is one of the least developed countries in Africa and one of the most vulnerable to

Was COP Really COPing?
By Mr. Jodahi Petros, CVF Youth Fellow The days I spent preparing and packing for COP27 were among the most conflicting I’ve had in quite

Do We Have an Option?
By Mr. Humphrey Mrema, CVF Youth Fellow COP27 was said to be the COP For Implementation. Others called it the COP for Developing Countries. Whatever

COP27: Outcomes and Implications for Ethiopia
By Mr. Eyob Tenkir, CVF Capacity-Building Fellow COP27 – sometimes referred to as the ‘Implementation COP’ – was pivotal for Climate Vulnerable Forum nations such

COP7 Can and Must Deliver for Africa and Other Developing Nations
By Mr. Derek Sarfo-Yiadom, CVF Capacity-Building Fellow Climate change is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges currently facing Ghana, with the impact of a warming



