PRESS RELEASES
Recognizing Migrant and Diaspora Contributions to Climate Action: Migrant4Climate Award 2023
Geneva, 7 August 2023 – The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), under the Ghana Presidency leadership, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Global Forum
The Climate Vulnerable Forum Calls on Major Polluting Nations to “Course-Correct”
High-Level Meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum in New York City delivers Communiqué outlining unified priorities and expectations for the global COP 28 climate talks
CVF Global Parliamentary Group at the Risk Reduction Hub of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
New York, USA 17-19 May 2023: The Chairperson of the CVF Global Parliamentary Group (CVF GPG) participated as a speaker during the Risk Reduction Hub
African parliamentarians participate in capacity building workshop for action towards cop28
Accra, Ghana 4-5 May 2023: The African Parliamentary Network for Climate Action (APNCA) organized a capacity building workshop for parliamentarians, in collaboration with the Climate
CVF GPG bilateral meeting with Members of US Congress and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
A Delegation of the Climate Vulnerable Forum Global Parliamentary Group (CVF GPG), led by its Chairperson, Honourable Dr Emmanuel Marfo, met with the delegation from
New Health Data Shows Unabated Climate Change Will Cause 3.4 Million Deaths Per Year by Century End
Climate Vulnerable Forum and Lancet Countdown Launches Health Data Explorer at COP27 12 November 2022, Sharm el Sheikh – Unabated climate change will cause 3.4
CVF-V20 Board Advances Governance Reforms as Secretary-General Nasheed Concludes Tenure
The Governing Board of the CVF-V20 convened its second meeting on Tuesday to review organizational priorities, strengthen governance arrangements, and guide the Forum’s next phase of leadership and institutional development. They also recognized the contributions of H.E. Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives and outgoing Secretary-General of the CVF-V20 Secretariat.
V20 Endorses New Compact with Development Finance Institutions
Finance ministers from climate-vulnerable countries warned Tuesday that the international system is hurtling towards converging fault lines in geopolitical turbulence, eroding the rule of law, economic fragmentation, and accelerating climate change. The ministers said, however, that the sense of despair must be defied with action as they endorsed a landmark new partnership with major development finance institutions (DFIs) designed to break the doom spiral.
CVF-V20 and GCF Advance Cooperation on Country-Led Delivery
Senior officials and technical staff from Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) member countries joined Green Climate Fund (GCF) officials on Monday for a candid exchange focused on how climate finance commitments can translate into capital deployed on the ground.
Nearly half of climate-vulnerable countries already outpace the US in solar adoption
As the US-Israel strikes on Iran send oil prices surging and deliver another fossil fuel shock to the world’s most vulnerable developing economies, a new report by global energy think tank Ember finds that the alternative is already being built.
Partners Rally in Banjul to Scale Climate Investments for The Gambia
The Government of The Gambia convened a high-level Climate Finance Roundtable in Banjul in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, bringing together senior government officials, development partners, and private sector leaders to shape a shared agenda for scaling climate-aligned investment and strengthening macroeconomic resilience.
Bhutan Accelerates Climate Action with Transition from Carbon Market Readiness to Implementation
The Royal Government of Bhutan today marked a significant milestone in its climate leadership journey with the High-Level Validation Workshop and the official launch of the Bhutan Carbon Market Information Platform, organized by the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) under the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR), in collaboration with the Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Group of Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) Secretariat.
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