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VI Climate Change Trust Fund launch set for June 2026- Hon Julian Fraser

- VICCTF grants access to over $100B in international funds
Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, Hon Julian Fraser, RA (R3), revealed during a press conference on Friday, December 12, 2025, that the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund will be launched in Kenya in June 2026. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands
Climate Envoy, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering said with the establishment of the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund, the country is well positioned to access over $100 billion in international funding. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands
Climate Envoy, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering said with the establishment of the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund, the country is well positioned to access over $100 billion in international funding. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund will be launched during the 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) will be held in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya. Photo: Our Ocean Conference
The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund will be launched during the 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) will be held in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya. Photo: Our Ocean Conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund (VICCTF) is now set to be launched in June 2026, following a delay.

The VICCTF was supposed to be launched at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025; however, its launch was postponed

“I’m intending to do that at the United Nations Oceans Conference in Kenya next June,” Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, Hon Julian Fraser, RA (R3), revealed during a press conference on Friday, December 12, 2025. 

The 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) will be held in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya, from June 16 to 18, 2026, under the theme ‘Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future’. 

VICCTF grants access to over $100B in funding

Meanwhile, Climate Envoy, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering, said the VI is one of, if not the only, English-speaking Caribbean country and Small Island Developing State with an established legal and administrative infrastructure to be able to access international funding geared towards fighting climate change and mitigation. 

“By establishment of our Climate Change Trust Fund, we now have a mechanism to be able to access the funding that I am told is in excess of 100 billion, to be able to utilise those funding.”

Dr Pickering added that with the formalisation of the trust fund and putting the necessary administrative structure in place, the VI can access the necessary funding to “help us to do the things that are needed for our overall sustainability.”

VICCTF is designed to mobilise, manage and disburse climate finance for priority climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives outlined in The Virgin Islands Climate Change Policy to achieve a climate-smart island chain. 

The fund attracted significant regional and international support during COP30, where it was presented. 

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https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/major-support-for-vi-climate-change-trust-fund-cop30

9 Responses to “VI Climate Change Trust Fund launch set for June 2026- Hon Julian Fraser”

  • Talking shop free travel (15/12/2025, 08:01) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Jobs for the boys!
  • Eagle Eye (15/12/2025, 08:31) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Look at what the third district has in the house. If a fool is in power then who put him there is well represented.
    • You're very disrespectful to the senior statesman (15/12/2025, 11:00) Like (2) Dislike (5) Reply
      You cant fill his shoes nor his accomplishments.
      • @You're very disrespectful to the senior statesman (15/12/2025, 18:41) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        he received his accomplishments when we gave him a chance; it is time for someone else to be given a chance.
  • Real Mcoy (15/12/2025, 10:09) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am not saying that this is not something good but, they are also very important or urgent matters to deal with right here in his district. I drove up Tread fall the other day to go visit a brother of mines and I was so scared to drive down a road that was almost demolished by previous tropical depression. Only one vehicle can pass at a time and if you are not a skilled driver you can end up 30ft down a cliff. This is so sad because the people who have to access that road is tired of complaining but no one wants to assist. So very sad indeed. i just pray that we don't get another serious storm because if that road collapses the people who lives beyond that road will have to stay until a helicopter comes to assist them.
  • BuzzBvi (15/12/2025, 11:14) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    And you have all the money collected from the Environment levy people been paying for years that must have ended piling up. Hope much of that is there now. None has been spent on the environment as yet.

    How much money is that? Can we know? Or is it a SECRET?

    Is it going towards the new environmental airport disaster?
  • VG Mon (15/12/2025, 11:21) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    This is all well and good IF it happens, but in the meantime, can we get some funding for National Parks Trust so they can repair/replace missing mooring balls everywhere as we head into High Season? They do great work, but need to be fully funded so they can help protect our BVI reefs.
  • @,YOU ARE VERY DISRESPECTFUL (16/12/2025, 14:04) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    DID YOU SAY " WALK IN HIS SHOES & HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS " ? WHAT HAS HE ACCOMPLISHED FOR ALL THE YEARS , HE HAS BEEN IN POLITICS ? CAN YOU BE SO KIND AND ENLIGHTEN US , PLEASE
  • IF YOH BELIEVE (16/12/2025, 14:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    THAT THE NUTTY PROFESSOR CAN PERFORM MIRACLES , THEN , MAKE YOUR WILL , SAY A PRAYER AND HOLD YOUR BREATH , AND WE WILL SAY AMEN ~ * RIP *


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