Bangladesh, 2020-2022

Bangladesh assumed the presidency of the Forum for the second time in April 2020, taking over from the Marshall Islands amidst the global covid-19 pandemic. The presidency of Bangladesh appointed the first five CVF thematic ambassadors in September 2020, and launched the initiative “Midnight Survival Deadline for the Climate” (#MidnightClimateSurvival) to call all nations to deliver on their commitments under the Paris Agreement with revised and enhanced NDCs submitted by midnight on 31 December 2020.