PRESS RELEASES
COP28 CLOSING STATEMENTS: V20 Chair and CVF Secretary-General on the adoption of the UAE Consensus
14 December 2023, DUBAI: Ghana Finance Minister and V20 Finance Ministers Chair Ken Ofori-Atta and Former Maldives President and Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Secretary-General Mohamed Nasheed
Tripling Renewable Power by 2030: A Legislators Dialogue
PRESS RELEASE 5th December 2023 | 17:30 – 18:30 GST Global Renewables Hub (GRH) – Blue Zone, Dubai Expo 2020 City ____________________________________________________________________________________ Dubai, 05 December
Parliamentary Accountability Summit at COP28
PRESS RELEASE Parliamentary Accountability Summit at COP28 Monday, 4 December 2023 Dubai, United Arab Emirates ____________________________________________________________________________________ The Parliamentary Accountability Summit brings together parliamentarians at COP28
CVF Global Parliamentary Group (CVF GPG) Convenes Second Annual Dialogue at the 147th IPU General Assembly
Date: 24 October 2023Time: 12.30 to 14.00 HrsVenue: Palace of the National AssemblyLuanda, Angola ____________________________________________________________________________________ CVF Global Parliamentary Group (CVF GPG) Convenes Second Annual
Migrants and Diaspora are Agents of Change for Climate Action: Migrants4Climate Award Winners Announced
Geneva — The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the French Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
Parliamentarians Dialogue at the ACS 2023
PRESS RELEASE Parliamentarians Dialogue brings together Legislators from across Africa at the Africa Climate Summit to advance Discourse on Renewable Energy, Green Growth, and Climate
From Concept to Implementation: Lifeline Fund Enters Operationalisation Phase
Following the political launch of the Lifeline Fund on the margins of the 2026 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, the Central Bank Governors Working Group convened a high-level technical meeting on 9-10 July 2026 in Bridgetown, Barbados to undertake detailed deliberations on principal design parameters of the Fund’s operational framework. The two-day meeting culminated the virtual consultation sessions on the Lifeline Fund conducted in May and June with V20 central banks.
Call for Applications: The V20 Climate Prosperity Fellowship Program (2026-2027)
The V20 Climate Prosperity Fellowship Program is designed to provide mid-career officials with opportunities for peer-learning, building cutting-edge technical skills to integrate climate change into their work, and supporting their leadership in advancing innovative solutions. The CVF-V20 has consistently emphasized the need to reform the international financial architecture to unlock opportunities on the ground to promote climate prosperity. Through weekly webinars, interactions with experts, residencies, and immersive exercises, V20 Climate Prosperity Fellows will have a unique opportunity to work together in advancing a fit for purpose international financial architecture.
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.
African Parliaments Urged: Pull the Methane Emergency Brake
Methane reduction has emerged as one of the few climate interventions that can deliver measurable results this decade, and for vulnerable nations absorbing the costs of extreme weather, speed matters. In Nairobi in Ma, the CVF-V20 urged African lawmakers to turn that opportunity into policy.
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.
