PRESS RELEASES
Climate Vulnerable Forum releases Climate Survival Leadership Barometer tracking national climate targets
The report, entitled Climate Survival Leadership Barometer, as a new resource for how Paris Agreement NDC targets can be evaluated, discloses the evaluation criteria employed under the CVF’s ‘Midnight Survival Deadline for the Climate’ initiative. That initiative monitored in real time each country’s national targets, submitted up until midnight on 31 December 2020, to hold governments accountable for their obligations under the Paris Accords.
IPCC climate mitigation report highlights need for massive change to current emissions reduction pledges
The findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III Report, ‘Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change’, confirms that the last decade recorded the highest increase in global emissions in the history of the planet.
CVF reacts to IPCC report on climate impacts and adaptation
CVF Ambassadors reactions in response to IPCC Working Group II report, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”
Vulnerable Nations Demand Climate Emergency Pact from COP26
Climate vulnerable nations adopt ‘Dhaka-Glasgow Declaration’ outlining their demands for COP26
Climate Vulnerable Forum launch Global Parliamentary Group
Climate Vulnerable Forum launch Global Parliamentary Group.
Climate vulnerable nations lay out expectations for Glasgow COP26
Climate vulnerable nations lay out expectations for Glasgow COP26.
Climate-Vulnerable Countries Pledge South-South Cooperation as Climate Disasters and Aid Cuts Threaten Development
Heads of State and Ministers from 77 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable developing countries met today in New York, where they pledged ambitious new initiatives in South-South cooperation to meet the critical challenges of the climate emergency in the context of stuttering investments in climate action, devastating cuts to aid, and pitifully insufficient funding for loss and damage.
CVF-V20 and China Convene Prosperity Dialogue in CIFTIS
The Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) brought the investment priorities, project pipelines and climate prosperity agendas of climate-vulnerable economies to the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, positioning climate resilience and energy transition as a major opportunity for investment, partnership and economic cooperation.
IRS-CVF Dialogue Pitches $4.85 Billion Climate Investment Pipeline to China Ahead of Beijing Trade Fair
The Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) Secretariat and the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad, convened a high-level dialogue today to explore how Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) financing, Chinese technology, and business partnerships can support climate-resilient development in climate-vulnerable countries. Pakistan presented an investable pipeline of 69 projects worth USD 4.85 billion to Chinese officials and business leaders.
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.
