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Podcast: Wiriki Tooma, Kiribati Secretary for Environment, Land and Agriculture at the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 in Dhaka

From the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh: "We [climate vulnerable countries] need to form one big voice and vision." Wiriki Tooma, Kiribati Secretary for Environment, Land and Agriculture, discusses her thoughts on the climate vulnerable [...] Read more...

CVF Expectations Statement from Civil Society Organizations of Bangladesh

Expectation of Civil Society Groups from Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) From: Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ Network on Climate Change and Biodiversity (BIPNet), Climate Change and Development Forum (CCDF), Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL [...] Read more...

November 2011: Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

A word from Ross Mountain: November 2011 Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to draw your attention in this message to an important international event that DARA is involved with: the 2011 Ministerial Meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum taking [...] Read more...

Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 in the media

Global Climate Change News Brief: Bangladesh offers lessons on climate change and disaster risks-Ban The Daily Star (Bangladesh): Climate Vulnerable Forum: What next? The Daily Star (Bangladesh): Running away from responsibilities? [...] Read more...

AlertNet: Vulnerable states forum to press for climate funding, technology

Source: AlertNet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - Ministers and high-level officials from about 20 developing states will call on richer nations to provide increased funding and technological support for their efforts to tackle climate change, at the [...] Read more...

International Business Times: Climate Change- Vulnerable Countries to Meet in Bangladesh

Source: International Business Times Ministers and high-level delegates from some of the most vulnerable parts of the world will gather at a climate forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday and Monday. The Climate Vulnerable Forum will give delegates the [...] Read more...

Huffington Post: Climate Politics Grow Curiouser and Curiouser

The Huffington Post featured an op-ed about climate politics, and featured information about the Climate Vulnerable Forum: Am I going mad, or are climate politics becoming as weird as the weather itself? Read more...

The Guardian: Poor and vulnerable countries are defying climate inaction

The Guardian featured an article about the Climate Vulnerable Forum. Slow progress at global climate talks is belied by the plethora of actions in many smaller and more at-risk developing nations. As the next round of climate talks – the COP17 climate change conference in Durban – draws close, there is a general air of pessimism about achieving any breakthroughs. Read more...

Reuters: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Deliver Inaugural Speech at Dhaka Climate Vulnerable Forum on 14 November

Source: Reuters The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will be attending the Climate Vulnerable Forum Ministerial Meeting on13th and 14th of November in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during which time he will be delivering the inaugural speech. The unique global conference [...] Read more...

Testimonials about the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011

Testimonials about the Climate Vulnerable Forum from: José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and DARA Board Member, and Ikhtiar Momin Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain Read more...