Context: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has said that Indian companies must invest in clean energy projects in ‘climate vulnerable’ countries.

What is Climate vulnerable forum? 

• The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet.
• It is Composed of 58 members from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific. 
• It serves as a South-South cooperation platform for participating governments to act together to deal with global climate change.
• The Forum is led by a rotating chair for an ordinary period of two years.
• Current chair:  Ghana for the period 2022-2024. (Ghana is the second African nation to lead the CVF after Ethiopia).

Establishment:

• The CVF first met near Male’, Maldives in November 2009.
• At the CVF High-Level Meeting held during the UNFCCC (COP21), the Manila-Paris Declaration and the 2016-2018 Roadmap of the CVF was adopted. 
• At UNFCCC COP22 Forum members committed to ambitious climate action, striving, among others, to achieve maximal resilience and to meet 100% domestic renewable energy production as rapidly as possible.

Members:

African & West Asian region:

Asian & Pacific region

Latin America & Caribbean region

• The UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office is the Administrative Agent of the Climate Vulnerable Forum Trust Fund.
• Four intergovernmental agencies are participating partners in the implementation of the CVF Trust Fund:
  • International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
  • United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)