PRESS RELEASES
Building Effective Support for Country-Led Approaches
In the margins of the Global Partnership Conference, the Climate Vulnerable Forum-V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) Secretariat, Global Capacity Building Coalition (GCBC), and the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office co-hosted a roundtable to discuss implementable reforms to support country platforms and other country-led approaches.
Gambia Looks to Kenya’s Climate Playbook as Landmark Climate Bill Nears Passage
A delegation of Gambian lawmakers traveled to Nairobi this week to study how Kenya built one of Africa’s most advanced climate governance systems, as The Gambia moves closer to passing its own climate change law. Led by Hon. Yaya Gassama, Chairperson of The Gambia’s National Assembly Select Committee on Environment, Sustainable Development, and NGO Affairs, the delegation held two days of meetings with Kenyan parliamentary committees, the Ministry of Environment, the National Treasury, and Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, Ambassador Ali Mohamed.
Experts Urge Swift Delivery of Pakistan’s Climate Prosperity Plan
Senior government officials, multilateral development banks and finance institutions, and climate finance experts, convened at the Breathe Pakistan International Climate Change Conference 2026, issuing a call to urgently accelerate the delivery of Pakistan’s Climate Prosperity Plan and warning that financing gaps and implementation delays risk undermining the country’s climate resilience goals. The high-level session titled “Mobilising Climate Finance for Pakistan,” was held on May 6 and organized by Dawn Media in partnership with the Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) Secretariat and forms part of a broader national effort to translate climate ambition into concrete investment at scale.
100 Farmers in Sri Lanka to Receive Solar Irrigation Systems
Farmers in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province will soon gain access to affordable solar-powered irrigation systems through a new initiative launched by the Our Movement of Lanka (OML) and Pan Asia Bank, with support from the CVF-V20 Secretariat.
Climate-Vulnerable Countries Assert Carbon Market Leadership
Climate-vulnerable nations from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific convened today to spotlight concrete steps they are taking to harness high-integrity carbon markets as a driver of economic resilience and climate prosperity, demonstrating that they are not waiting for climate finance to arrive, but actively building the architecture to attract it.
V20 Central Bank Governors Advance the Lifeline Fund Following Political Launch at Spring Meetings
Central bank governors from climate-vulnerable countries today advanced the operational pathway for the Lifeline Fund, following its political launch at the 16th V20 Ministerial Dialogue on 14 April. The Lifeline Fund is a new multi-regional financial arrangement designed to provide rapid, targeted liquidity support to countries facing balance-of-payments pressures after climate shocks.
V20 Central Banks lay groundwork for new climate liquidity facility
Washington, D.C. | April 23, 2025—Central Bank Governors from the V20 Finance Ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum are making significant strides in establishing “Lifeline,”
V20 Finance Ministers Call for Fair Representation and Urgent Financial Reforms for Jobs, Security, Resilience
Washington D.C., 24 April 2025 —Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Finance Ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), representing 74 vulnerable countries, convened today for the 14th
V20 Senior Officials of Climate-Vulnerable Countries Convene to Strategize amid Changing Global Financial Landscape
28 March 2025, BRIDGETOWN: Senior finance officials from the V20 Group of Finance Ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF-V20) strategized on how to better
Landmark Report Offers Ten ‘Super Lever’ Solutions to Raise Vital Funds for Climate-Vulnerable Countries
London, 29th January 2025: Climate-vulnerable countries face climate financing costs for mitigation, adaptation and resilience amounting to US$490 billion annually by 2030, according to a
Climate Vulnerable Nations Host Invited Investors at COP29 to Drive Funding Towards Resilience
13th November, 2024, Baku – The Climate Vulnerable Forum partnered with Pakistan at COP29 to host a session geared towards driving investments into member countries
V20 Finance Ministers Call for Shift from Austerity to Prosperity, & Growth-Guided Climate and Development Investments
Washington D.C., 22 October 2024 — Finance Ministers from the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group, representing 70 climate-vulnerable nations, convened their 13th Ministerial Dialogue today on
