
Nilesh Prakash
@nprakashfj
Opinions are my own.
ID: 1050280365963665408
11-10-2018 07:02:07
182 Tweet
160 Followers
252 Following

Today is #DRRDay focussing on #EarlyWarningSystems⚠️The V20 Finance Ministers, G7 & Bundesentwicklungsministerium #GlobalShield🛡️against #climaterisks supports vulnerable people & countries through #CDRFI combined with social protection and early warning systems.👇 bmz.de/en/issues/clim…

New research with V20 Finance Ministers finds that V20 countries hold $686.3 billion in external public debt. In @OECD_Centre #DevMatters, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary + SaraJaneAhmed call for multilateral development banks to accelerate comprehensive debt relief: gdpcenter.org/3rYwM7X

Amid climate disasters + increasing external public debt for V20 Finance Ministers countries, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary + SaraJaneAhmed examine the critical role of multilateral development banks in comprehensive debt relief. Read more in @OECD_Centre #DevMatters: gdpcenter.org/3D0Mg1U


With 13.7% of the world’s population, advanced economies have 59.1% of IMF voting shares, while V20 Finance Ministers has ~17% of the world population and 5% voting power. In new research, Lara Merling breaks down the imbalances of IMF quotas: gdpcenter.org/3VuC353



The InsuResilience Global Partnership High-Level Consultative Group endorsed the #GlobalShield🛡️against #climaterisks, showing commitment to provide protection against climate-related #LossAndDamage to those most vulnerable to climate change. It will be launched at #COP27 & will begin in 2023.


Enjoyed discussing our proposal of a #GlobalShield 🛡️ against #ClimateRisks Anticipation Hub.🤝 The🛡️is an initiative by V20 Finance Ministers, G7 & Bundesentwicklungsministerium to contribute to the discussions of #LossAndDamage at #COP27.🌍 Kara Devonna Siahaan, Kamal Kishore, David Ryfisch, Doris Mwikali





#COP27 Delivers Landmark Outcome on #LossAndDamage: Climate Vulnerable Forum welcomes that #COP27 has delivered on a range of key asks of the world’s most climate vulnerable nations and our #PaymentOverdue campaign: thecvf.org/our-voice/stat…

This just in! In this piece for Alliance magazine, our Director Heather McGray writes about the importance of shifting power to people on the front lines of the #climatecrisis. alliancemagazine.org/blog/a-power-s…

Solid example #SystemicChange from climate change intervention. Well done Center for Natural Resource Studies- CNRS

$7bn in new climate investment in Africa. But a bit cheeky for the Vice President JD Vance to claim credit for this when the fine print suggests <$15m, 0.2%, is from the US government! The rest is private sector commitments which may or may not have happened without the US. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…




The Bretton Woods institutions are 80 years ago this week but no longer fit for purpose. Video on how to fix it based on my 2022 book with Richard Kozul-Wright Jayati Ghosh Joseph E. Stiglitz Jose Antonio Ocampo Dani Rodrik