CVI in the media
Zimbabwe Telegraph: Ghana has more opportunities to tackle climate change
Source: Zimbabwe Telegraph Mr Matthew McKinnon, Head οf Climate Exchange Vulnerability Initiative, DARA, οn Thursday ѕаіԁ Ghana hаѕ a lot οf opportunities tο tackle issues οf climate exchange. Hе mentioned finance, carbon markets, technology [...] Read more...
CDKN: Durban climate politics and the growing importance of unity for vulnerable countries
Op-ed by Matthew McKinnon, Head of DARA´s Climate Vulnerability Initiative on the aftermath of COP17 in Durban: "In the end, though, Durban accomplished a series of parallel steps forwards and backwards. Extending the Kyoto Protocol without gaps is a win, but “Kyoto 2” is a shadow of its former self in absence of four of the world’s largest industrialised countries. Politics can also change over time..." Read more...
Financial Times: Economy and the Environment – D. Moni and J. Figueres
Source: Financial Times By Dipu Moni and José María Figueres The global climate talks in Durban have demonstrated that those most responsible for climate change feel least responsible for the problem, despite possessing the greatest capacity to address [...] Read more...
Financial Times: Delegates- Stronger voices from the developing countries
Source: Financial Times By Julius Recha Murgor and Mohamed Nasheed Climate change is one of the most serious and real challenges facing mankind, writes Julius Recha Murgor. For Kenya, there is the real threat that it will reverse economic and development [...] Read more...
Financial Times: Op-ed by Ban Ki-moon- Why Disaster Risk Management Must Be Given Top Priority
Source: Financial Times By UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon In a world where change is a given, including changes to our climate, the adage to “listen to the voice of experience” may seem old fashioned. But there is nothing quaint about advice when [...] Read more...
CNN: U.N. chief urges global leaders to launch Green Climate Fund
Source: CNN By Farid Ahmed, For CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS The ministers come from nations considered most vulnerable to climate change An important world-wide climate change meeting is coming up in South Africa The ministers agreed to stand united on a [...] Read more...
UN News Centre: Bangladesh offers lessons on climate change and disaster risks – Ban Ki-Moon
Source: UN News Centre Climate change is the single most important challenge the world faces, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today in Bangladesh, a country that is all too familiar with the impact of extreme weather events and which the United Nations [...] Read more...
Boston Globe: UN chief urges leaders to finalize financing of $100 billion climate change fund
Source: Boston Globe By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh—U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders Monday to finalize the financing for a multibillion-dollar fund to fight the effects of climate change. Delegates at a U.N [...] Read more...
Al Video: Jazeera English covers the Climate Vulnerable Forum 
Dhaka Summit Battles Climate Change Policy. The Climate Vulnerable Forum has convened in Bangladesh for countries worried about how climate change threatens them to create a unified statement just weeks ahead of UN-sponsored talks on the same subject in Durban, South Africa. Read more...
CTV Canada: 30 countries discussing climate change in Dhaka
Source: CTV Canada DHAKA, Bangladesh — Representatives of countries worried about how climate change threatens them are meeting in Bangladesh before UN-sponsored talks later this month. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the conference [...] Read more...