Joint Declaration of the Climate Vulnerable Forum Heads of States and Governments, Ministers, and High-Level Representatives United Nations Headquarters, New York

Institutional Governance and the Independent Secretariat The CVF and the V20 Finance Ministers agree to establish an independent Secretariat under the guidance and leadership of the current Presidency and for the following aspects of the institutional governance and operations of the intergovernmental CVF: 5.1. [...] The V20 Finance Ministers shall continue to meet bi-annually during the Spring and Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and high-level representatives of the CVF will continue to convene in the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). [...] The CVF will build on the momentum of the Climate Prosperity Plans, the mother initiative of the CVF and the V20 Finance Ministers, to transform the development trajectory of member states from climate vulnerability to one of climate prosperity. [...] Institutional Governance and the Independent Secretariat The CVF and the V20 Finance Ministers agree to establish an independent Secretariat under the guidance and leadership of the current Presidency and for the following aspects of the institutional governance and operations of the intergovernmental CVF: 5.1. [...] The CVF will build on the momentum of the Climate Prosperity Plans, the mother initiative of the CVF and the V20 Finance Ministers, to transform the development trajectory of member states from climate vulnerability to one of climate prosperity.