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Sotto, Velasco, Legarda, Chatto join solons global call for climate action
25 November 2020, DHAKA — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, and House Committee on Climate Change Chair Edgar Chatto last night met virtually with fellow lawmakers from the 48-member-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum to call for more ambitious climate action globally.

Parliaments in Climate Vulnerable Countries Submit Motions Urging 2020 Climate Action Targets
Inaugural CVF global parliamentary meeting commences with concerted joint effort for securing “climate prosperity”. Parliaments pursuing motions calling on world’s governments to deliver on Paris

Year-End Global Climate Deadline: Over Three Quarters of Countries Committing to New Targets
Over 150 countries including 120 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic committed to make stronger Paris Agreement targets in 2020, suggesting countries understand the importance of ‘building back better’, a CVF tracker tool shows ahead key international deadline

Midnight Climate Survival Press Release
Climate Vulnerable Countries Call on all Nations to Submit Improved NDCs by Midnight on 31 December 2020 – a Survival Deadline for the Climate 7

President Nasheed Commences Work as CVF Ambassador for Ambition
The Government of Bangladesh released the text of the following statement for the presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum: DHAKA, Bangladesh – 16 September 2020:

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

Green Economic Model Training Held in Bhutan
Paro, Bhutan | June 16, 2025—The Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) Secretariat, in collaboration with Bhutan’s Ministry of Finance, held a two-day

Carbon Market Readiness Support Program Launched in Bhutan
Thimpu, Bhutan | June 12, 2025—The Government of Bhutan and the CVF-V20 Secretariat have officially signed a pioneering initiative to accelerate Bhutan’s access into both

Regional Dialogue 2025 Calls for Cooperation to Tackle Climate Vulnerabilities in South Asia
The Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) hosted the 4th Annual Regional Dialogue 2025, in Islamabad on 5 May. The dialogue, titled ‘Pathways to Peace and

Roundtable: Getting Ahead of Climate Disasters
The Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) convened a roundtable, entitled ‘Getting ahead of disasters: government and regional perspectives on the current state of finance for

Recap on CVF-V20’s Pathway to Prosperity
In April 2025, on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, the V20 Finance Ministers adopted a communique outlining the

Recap: The Fourth Financing for Development Conference
The Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4), scheduled from 30 June to 3 July in Seville, Spain, is a crucial opportunity for CVF countries to
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