PRESS RELEASES
Vulnerability to Viability: New compact will unlock affordable finance for climate-vulnerable countries
The world’s most climate-vulnerable countries are positioning themselves to access more affordable capital with longer repayment rates under a new Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, in partnerships with development finance institutions, led by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund). The V2V Compact was launched at the OPEC Fund Development Forum in Vienna today.
Caribbean Unites Around Climate Prosperity Agenda, Calls for Strengthening Climate and Disaster Risk Financing
Caribbean nations gathered in Bridgetown, Barbados on May 28 and 29 to advance solutions for closing climate financing and protection gaps, as the region faces escalating climate risks, mounting economic losses, and limited access to affordable finance.
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.
CVF Presidency Special Envoy Appointed
Abul Kalam Azad appointed Special Envoy of the Climate Vulnerable Forum Presidency of Bangladesh The Government of Bangladesh released the text of the following statement
Bangladesh: Chair of Climate Vulnerable Nations’ Forum
BANGLADESH AS CHAIR OF CLIMATE VULNERABLE NATIONS’ FORUM CALLS FOR RESILIENT RECOVERY Bangladesh has assumed the presidency of the 48-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20
#MAD4survival: Paris Agreement Hinging on 2020 Ambition in Madrid
VIDEO of the event Madrid 10 December 2019 — Leaders of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) with high level representatives of other governments said today
Vulnerable Leaders Call: COP25 must secure 2020 action for survival of nations
Vulnerable nations call for COP25 decision to increase ambition of NDCs in 2020 Aim to mobilize $20 billion in the next two years to finance
CVF at UN Climate Summit: 2020 Deadline for Survival
Vulnerable Leaders Demand Further Action following UN Climate Summit: 2020 Deadline for Survival Download the Press Release (English, pdf 0.1 mb) Watch the Press Conference (via
COP24 Heeds Planetary Climate Emergency
Statement by the Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum Outcome of UNFCCC COP24 “UN Decision Marks Phase of Special Vigilance – Jumemmej – for International
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