Philippine government convenes national dialogue to strengthen financial protection against climate risks and impacts
PASIG CITY, 28 August 2025— The Philippine government is taking steps to strengthen the financial protection of Filipino communities from climate- and disaster-related risks through climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI). On August 13, the Department of Finance (DOF) convened a national dialogue to inform CDRFI priorities, including those that can be supported by the Global Shield against Climate Risks. A joint initiative of the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Finance Ministers and the G7 (Group of Seven), the Global Shield against Climate Risks aims to strengthen the financial protection and resilience of climate-vulnerable countries and communities. [...]
Barbados appointed as new presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum
CVF move towards independence marks strong political will to advance ambitious climate action, ICSC stated DUBAI, December 5, 2023 – The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), a group of 68 member countries highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, has announced Barbados to be its next presidency starting mid-2024 at the World Climate Action Summit on Transforming Climate Finance last December 1. The Summit was hosted by this year’s United Nations Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the same event, former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was also appointed as the first Secretary-General of the CVF, following the [...]
Advancing Climate Prosperity: Building a Resilient Global Financial Architecture for the Climate Vulnerable [V20]
Advancing Climate Prosperity: Building a Resilient Global Financial Architecture for the Climate Vulnerable DATE : 12 Sept 2023 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET VENUE : Venue: Conference Room 7, United Nations Headquarters, New York & Virtual Platform Background The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and the V20 Finance Ministers are convening a high-level leaders’ meeting during the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The event will galvanise momentum behind the Accra-Marrakech Agenda (A2M) and the Bridgetown Initiative 2.0 with climate vulnerable countries committing to increased inter-government collaboration to drive and accelerate the [...]
COP26: Poets, climate resistance light up Glasgow with call for urgent action
Public art and poets demand urgent climate action at COP26 09 November, 2021, Glasgow Scotland- “We take great pride in helping foment a global poetry rebellion instigated by poets and leaders from climate vulnerable countries, working with leaders of the Climate Vulnerable Forum in collaboration with artist Jenny Holzer, whose work to illuminate UK landmarks continues to draw attention to the climate crisis,” said Padmapani Perez, lead strategist of the Agam Agenda, which is behind the global When Is Now campaign. With high visibility in Glasgow, Scotland, light projections and street hubs today feature verse and pleas by poets [...]
Fair Elections, Climate Are a Single Fight for Former Maldives President
by Eric Roston | September 3, 2021 | Published by Bloomberg Green | READ THE STORY HERE After surviving an assassination attempt in May, Mohamed Nasheed speaks out for democracy and debt restructuring. Mohamed Nasheed, speaker of the Maldives parliament and a former president of the island nation, was injured in May when a bomb hidden in a motorbike detonated near his car. Several people have been arrested in connection to the attack, including the head of a local group aligned with the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Islamic State. Now recovered from the assassination attempt, Nasheed is once again stepping into a [...]