STATEMENTS
Statement of the Barbados CVF-V20 Presidency on COP30
Barbados makes five specific calls at the High-Level Segment of COP30 in Belem Brazil: (1) Fix the finance; (2) Fill the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage; (3) Save our small islands developing states (SIDS), also known as Large Ocean States; (4) Pull the Emergency Methane Brake; (5) Collaborate through a Coalition of the Willing.
No Time to Lose: CVF-V20 Response to the Baku to Belem Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion
The CVF-V20 welcomes the publication of the Report on the Baku to Belém Roadmap to $1.3T. The horrific impact of the recent, category 5, Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba and Super Typhoon Fung-wong in the Philippines has only highlighted the growing severity of climate change and the damage it inflicts on countries least responsible for the crisis. The need for a clear and inclusive pathway to meet climate finance needs for the long haul could not be more urgent. Climate vulnerable economies have acted decisively and led the way by advancing ambitious Climate Prosperity Plans, through our nationally determined contributions, and national adaptation plans. It is time for COP30 to reflect similar ambition with the level of seriousness and urgency required to rapidly mobilize finance at the scale and speed demanded by climate science and the level of suffering being experienced in our countries.
Statement by SG Nasheed Following Inauguration of President Trump
I welcome the opportunity to work with the new US administration, although it is disappointing that the first climate action of the Trump administration is
COP29 Closing Statement: CVF Secretary General
Against the backdrop of a different global landscape, a multi-polar world, a global climate crisis, worsening debt burdens, outdated international financial policies, persistent joblessness, and
World Leaders at COP29
At COP29, world leaders representing CVF member countries expressed their expectations from the COP and voiced concern for the vulnerabilities their countries face. Hear from
Ghana CVF Statement for the Closing of the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage
56th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies Ghana CVF Statement for the Closing of the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage Saturday, 11 June 2022
H.E DASHO UGYEN TSHERING – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Excellencies, Honorable participants, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honor for me to represent the Royal Government of Bhutan in the Global Parliamentarians Meeting, organized by the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA).
H. E. Dr. Bimala Rai Paudya – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Respected Chairperson Distinguished Panellists and Delegates Fellow Parliamentarians Ladies and Gentlemen At the outset, I congratulate the Government and the people of Bangladesh for taking leadership of Climate Vulnerable Forum and for timely organizing this global parliamentarians meeting. I am delighted to represent Federal Parliament of Nepal in this august event.
H. E. Lord Allan Velasco – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Excellencies, The parliamentarians of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, Distinguished speakers, Ladies and gentlemen, Goni, the world’s strongest storm this year, killed at least 22 people in the Philippines, while forcing about a million more to evacuate. Goni came a few days after typhoon Molave, which left at least 16 dead and caused a minimum of 2.66 billion pesos, or 54 mio. US dollars, of damage to crops. On November 13, a few days after Goni, typhoon Vamco hit our country – the 21st typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.
H.E EDGAR M. CHATTO – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Distinguished participants of this high-level Climate Vulnerable Forum today, Before I introduce the Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, let me share with you that our Department of Energy’s recent announcement on the moratorium on new coal sends a decisive signal to domestic and foreign investors financing renewable energy.
MS. MAMI MIZUTORI – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Thank you very much Saber, it is great to see you, albeit virtually, since the last time at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva last year, Martin, in you and the IPU we have a very valued partner to support parliamentarians across the whole world, Hello to our dear friend Loren, President Nasheed, Excellencies, Distinguished Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen, It was already apparent before the pandemic that the world was struggling to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals given the steep rise in climate-related disasters over the last twenty years.
H. E. Loren Legarda – CVF Global Parliamentarians Meeting
Excellencies, Mr. BAN KI-MOON, Former United Nations Secretary-General; Fellow CVF Ambassadors, MOHAMED NASHEED and SABER CHOWDHURY; IPU Secretary-General MARTIN CHUNGONG; Fellow Parliamentarians; Partners, Let me state this plainly. Hard-fought development gains and productivity will continue to be undermined, or worse, reversed, if our 1.5 global warming threshold is breached.
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