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 innovations for vulnerable economies Call for UN Special Rapporteur on climate change backed by new vulnerable nations’ Fund Bangladesh announced as incoming Climate Vulnerable Forum Chair for 2020 Download the press release in English (pdf, 0.2mb) View the entire event (hi-res video) Madrid, 2nd December 2019 – Heads of state and government from the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) today linked the survival of vulnerable nations to all parties to the Paris Agreement delivering new nationally [...]
ICSC shares climate finance insights in UNFCCC-ASEAN workshop
We shared insights today in the second day of the workshop organized by the finance secretariat of the United Nations climate convention for ASEAN countries in Park Inn by Radisson in Quezon City. The event, a technical workshop on needs-based climate finance mobilization and access strategies which began yesterday, enjoyed views shared by Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, and the Philippines. The workshop provided an opportunity to take stock of the state of climate finance in Southeast Asia while exchanging experience and expertise among experts in the region. ICSC Board Chair Athena Ballesteros is the lead consultant in the event, [...]