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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...
BBC News: Mixed messages on climate ‘vulnerability’
Source: BBC News One of the most striking new voices on climate change that's emerged since the UN summit in Copenhagen two years ago is the Climate Vulnerable Forum. The grouping includes small island states vulnerable to extreme weather events and sea [...] 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...
AlertNet: Elections won’t solve Congo’s humanitarian woes – report
Source: Alertnet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - This month's elections in Democratic Republic of Congo are unlikely to resolve years of conflict, weak state institutions and a lack of capacity to address people's basic needs, a report from humanitarian [...] Read more...
Green Building Press: Most Climate Change Vulnerable Seek Support
Source: Green Building Press Ministers and representatives of some 30 countries, among the most vulnerable to the harmful effects of climate change, will gather in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 13th and 14th November 2011, just ahead of UN climate talks in Durban (COP17 [...] Read more...