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The Elders demand urgent climate action at G20 summit 30/11/2018

LONDON, 30 November 2018 Failure by G20 countries to take decisive, long-overdue action to cut emissions and end fossil fuel subsidies would be a global betrayal that threatens irreversible climate catastrophe, The Elders warned today. They noted that it is nearly a decade since the G20 nations first committed to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies […]

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Climate Threatened Nations’ Leaders in First Virtual Summit 22/11/2018

22 November 2018 PRESS RELEASE Download the CVF Virtual Summit Press Release (0.1 mb) For Immediate Release Climate Threatened Nations’ Leaders in First Virtual Summit Leaders issue Jumemmej Declaration on enhanced national and global climate action World’s Governments and Non-State Groups called to embolden climate action by 2020 48-member state Climate Vulnerable Forum […]

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CVF Virtual Summit Outcome Presentation HH 22 Nov 2018 22/11/2018

SUMMIT OUTCOME PRESENTATION Download the CVF Virtual Summit Outcome Presentation HH 22 Nov 2018 (0.1 mb) HE Hilda Heine President of the Marshall Islands EMBARGO 21:00 MHT 22 November 2018 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen – Iakwe, greetings: I am pleased to announce to you the output of the work of the Virtual Summit following high […]

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Leaders Communique: 2018 CVF Virtual Summit 22/11/2018

22 November 2018 Download the CVF Virtual Summit Leaders Communique (0.1 mb) Summit Communique We, Heads of State and Government, representatives of a significant number of those nations most vulnerable to the dangers of global climate change, member states of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), Building on nearly a decade of collaboration among nations most […]

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Jumemmej Declaration 22/11/2018

22 November 2018 Download the Jumemmej Declaration (pdf 0.1 mb) First Issued by the Leaders of the Climate Vulnerable Forum We urge the UN Climate Change Conference at Katowice, COP24, to act on the findings of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C, as informed by the Talanoa Dialogue, sending a strong signal for all nations, […]

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virtual climate summit-2018 18/11/2018

CVF Virtual Climate Summit 2018LIVE 8am (MHT) 22nd November / 8pm (GMT) 21st November The CVF Virtual Summit on November 22, 2018 MHT/ November 21, 2018 GMT is a political moment for national leaders to stand in solidarity with those most vulnerable to the growing impacts of climate change, and reinforce efforts under the Paris […]

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V20: Vulnerable Economies Call for Accelerated Financial Shift 14/10/2018

PRESS RELEASE V20 Group fears carbon-intensive energy systems could impair economic stability Download the Press Release (pdf, 0.1mb) Download the V20 Ministerial Communique (pdf, 0.1mb) Bali, 14 Oct 2018– Finance Ministers from the V20 Group of climate vulnerable countries today sought large-scale changes to global finance flows, saying the funding shift needs to happen sooner, […]

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CVF Reaction to the IPCC Report on 1.5˚C 12/10/2018

PRESS STATEMENT – IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the press statement (English, 0.1 mb) The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Reacts to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5C Report CVF Countries to world leaders: We commissioned the IPCC Report on 1.5˚C. The findings are serious. The good news is keeping warming below 1.5˚C is […]

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Let’s support the world’s most vulnerable nations – and their first carbon-free summit 11/09/2018

By: Monica Araya If you don’t know them, this is a good time to become familiar with the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), a group of around 50 countries that are the most vulnerable to climate impacts. They help raised the ambition of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. I still remember how the media portrayed […]

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Pacific Governments Call on World Leaders for CVF Virtual Summit 05/09/2018

Pacific Governments Call on World Leaders to Join CVF Virtual Summit Download the press release (English, 0.1mb) 49th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting lends support to CVF Summit and issues call on World Leaders Yaren, Nauru–Wednesday 5 September 2018: The Heads of State and Government of the Pacific Islands Forum today called on world leaders […]

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