Program

1:00 PM –1:45 PM 1.5°C to Stay Alive: Aligning finance, justice and community voices to keep 1.5°C in reach COP Universities Alliance Convention 1, Crowne Register 1:00 PM –1:45 PM All rise! How the International Court of Justice ruling on climate change can deliver better health and save lives around the world Wellcome Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register 1:00 PM –1:45 PM Launch of the Fiji Carbon Market Plan 2026–2030 MECC Ballroom 5, Sofitel Join the waiting list 2:00 PM –2:45 PM Pacific Climate Mobility: Literacy as Justice Beyond Climate Collaborative Convention 3, Crowne Register 2:00 PM –2:45 PM Reimagining Disability-Inclusive Climate Action United Nations Global Disability Fund (GDF) and Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) Convention 1, Crowne Register 2:00 PM –2:45 PM The Climate Infrastructure for Resilient Coastlines and Riverbanks CIRCAR: Nature Based Solutions for resilient Pacific Live & Learn Environment Education / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) – Australia / AIFFP Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 2:00 PM –2:45 PM Weave Together: Pacific Owned Solutions Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 3:15 PM –4:00 PM Building Pacific Resilience through integrated Climate Finance The University of the South Pacific (USP) Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 3:15 PM –4:00 PM Oceania United: Our Common Agenda for COP31 Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Climate Action Network (CAN) Australia & Climate Action Network (CAN) Aotearoa Convention 2, Crowne Register 3:15 PM –4:00 PM Progressing the ICJ Decision – Melanesian Perspectives Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat Convention 1, Crowne Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Expanding Access to Private Finance for SIDS and LDCs Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM From Planning to Investment: Pacific 1.5 Pathways Pacific Community (SPC) Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Reforming to Finance our Own Resilience Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Government of Solomon Islands, Government of Tonga Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register

9:00 AM –9:45 AM Access to Finance: MDB and climate fund reforms that deliver Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - (DFAT) – Australia and Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Australia (DCCEEW) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Is the current climate finance architecture fit for purpose? Looking into the role of Farmer Organisations as Climate Finance Intermediaries Pacific Farmer Organisations Convention 3, Crowne Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM The Tide Remembers: Pacific Stories of Loss, Damage and Gender Justice Plan Pacific, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), SICAN & KiriCAN Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Unlocking Indigenous-Led Clean Energy Finance Mirabou Energy Remote Power Systems Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM 1.5 Needs Family Farming. Can Finance Keep Up? World Rural Forum Convention 3, Crowne Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Financing the Blue Pacific – an Indigenous Leadership, Customary Ocean Governance and Community Pathways for Conservation Finance Conservation International in partnership with UK-FCDO Ballroom 5, Sofitel Join the waiting list 10:15 AM –11:00 AM PNG's National Climate Finance Strategy Monash University, Climate Change and Development Authority - Papua New Guinea, & Expertise France EU-FCCB Programme Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Reaching the Last Mile: The Pacific Resilience Facility in Action Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Yarning for Resilient: Amplifying solutions for Non-Economic Loss and Damage in Oceania (YES-NELD) The University of Melbourne Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Blue Pacific Ocean Finance: Scaling Success Ocean Risk Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) & Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) Convention 3, Crowne Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Making agriculture worth choosing: Unlocking finance and opportunity for the next generation of pacific food system leaders COP31 Presidency Youth Climate Champion and the Pacific Climate Envoy for Finance Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Operationalising the ICJ Advisory Opinion: What’s Next for the Pacific? Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change Convention 1, Crowne Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Vulnerable to Investable: Reimagining Finance for Pacific Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 1:15 PM –2:00 PM Investing in Natural Capital: The Pacific Opportunity Pacific Action for Climate Transitions Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Belonging Beyond Rising Seas: Safeguarding Nationality, Preventing Statelessness Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Convention 2, Crowne Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Indigenous Peoples Leading Climate Knowledge Pathways: Strengthening Pacific and First Nations Collaboration for COP31 and Beyond Climate Systems Hub - Indigenous Partnerships Team Convention 3, Crowne Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM NbS for climate adaptation: actions, voices, lessons Kiwa Initiative Secretariat Convention 1, Crowne Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Right money, right time - Fixing the timing gap in Pacific climate finance Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 3:00 PM –3:45 PM From Pledge(s) to Portfolio: Structuring Predictable, Accessible Climate Finance for Pacific SIDS Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity - Luxembourg (MECB) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Pacific Resilience and Energy Security Rocky Mountain Institute and Climate Finance Access Network Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Data-driven NDC Implementation in Pacific Nations Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) Convention 1, Crowne Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM National platforms: What’s the reality behind the hype? LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation & Resilience & Climate & Development Ministerial Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity Pacific Community (SPC) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register

9:00 AM –9:45 AM Achieving the Action Agenda at COP31: How empowering SIDS leadership will be a win for the world Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 9:00 AM –9:45 PM Does Global Climate Science Serve Oceania Cities and Towns? Melbourne Centre for Cities, University of Melbourne co-hosts Global Covenant of Mayors & United Nations Habitat Convention 2, Crowne Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Financing for Resilient Pacific Communities World Health Organisation (WHO) (co-organized with Governments of Tonga & Vanuatu, UNDP, UNDRR, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP) Convention 3, Crowne Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM The Fala of Witness: A Pacific Climate Justice Talanoa Caritas Oceania Baravi 1 & 2, Crowne Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Tuvalu’s model for financial resilience Ministry of Finance and Economic Development - Tuvalu Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Financing Climate Justice: Establishing Sustainable Development Trust Funds for Riverine Communities Affected by Resource Development in the Pacific PNG Rural Care Foundation INC Convention 2, Crowne Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM From Suva Climate Declaration to Paris to PEV: Leadership in Climate Action Pacific Elders' Voice (PEV) Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Never-Before Voices: Pacific Grassroots Climate Leadership at Pre-COP 31 Fiji Council of Social Services Baravi 1 & 2, Crowne Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Pacific Regional Dialogue on Energy Transition Investments and Finance IRENA, SPC and Ministry of Public Works, Meteorological Services and Transport - Fiji Convention 1, Crowne Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Weaving Gender & Health in Pacific Climate Action UNFPA co-organized with Governments of Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, UN Agencies (UN WOMEN, WHO, UNICEF and UNFCCC), Pacific Community (SPC), DIVA for Equality and Pacific Disability Forum Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM From local innovation to systemic resilience: Fit-for-purpose climate finance in the Pacific Pacific Community (SPC) Convention 2, Crowne Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM One Ocean: COP31 Meets the High Seas Treaty High Seas Alliance Ballroom 5, Sofitel Join the waiting list 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Pacific scaling of solar by innovative finance SunSwap Convention 1, Crowne Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Side Event: Launch of Tonga’s NDC 3.0 Government of Tonga Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM 1.5°C to Thrive: The health gains of keeping 1.5°C within reach University of Auckland (supported by WHO, The Rockefeller Foundation and Wellcome) Convention 3, Crowne Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM A Decade of Pacific NDC Action and Partnership Pacific Community (SPC) Convention 2, Crowne Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Climate Finance for Local Flood Adaptation: Solutions for the Nadi Catchment Abt Associates Inc (Fiji Program Support Platform) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Pacific Loss and Damage: Evidence to Action United Nations (UNDRR), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Governments of Vanuatu and Fiji Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Power starts at home: Pacific rooftop solar The Smart Energy Council, C40 and Solar Citizen Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Blue Pacific Leadership: Advancing Ocean–Climate Action Toward COP31 Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Convention 2, Crowne Register 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Funding Communities the Last Mile: The Pacific Resilience Facility in Action Embassy of Ireland Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Powering the Pacific - A Strategic Dialogue on the Region's Renewable Energy Transition United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Convention 3, Crowne Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Accelerating Atoll Adaptation: Country-Led Action Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Connecting Finance to Frontline Communities Oxfam in the Pacific in collaboration with Oxfam Australia and the Tuvalu Climate Action Network Convention 3, Crowne Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM From Commitment to Action: How Niue's Ocean Conservation Commitments are financing long-term ocean protection, climate resilience and sustainable development through a country-led, community-driven approach. Niue Ocean Wide Trust Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Pacific Leadership for Stronger NDCs RAD Platform e.V. Convention 2, Crowne Register 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Unlocking Pacific Renewable Energy Investment: The TIDES Partnership in Action Government of United Kingdom (UK) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register

9:00 AM –9:45 AM Amplifying Pacific Young Women's Voices into COP31 Shifting the Power Coalition Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM From communities to climate action in Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change - Vanuatu Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Pulling the emergency climate brake to keep 1.5 alive Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, and Vanuatu, with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Convention 2, Crowne Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Accelerating the Global Early Warning and Early Action Agenda Government of Samoa, CREWS, EW4All Pillars and REAP Ballroom 1, Sofitel Register 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Financial Protection Against Climate-related Shocks Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Accelerating Action on Climate Mobility: From Policy Commitments to Implementation Technical Working Group on Human Mobility under PRP (PIFS and IOM Secretariat) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Join the waiting list 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Rural Electrification: Blended Finance Showcase Government of United Kingdom (UK) Convention 1, Crowne Register 1:15 PM –2:00 PM Australia & The Pacific: Where Climate Solutions Begin Farmers for Climate Action Convention 3, Crowne Register 1:15 PM –2:00 PM From Dialogue to Delivery: Ocean Health, the Blue Economy and the COP31 Outcome Civil Society Forum of Tonga Convention 1, Crowne Register 1:15 PM –2:00 PM From Readiness to Results in the Pacific Green Climate Fund Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register 1:15 PM –2:00 PM Innovative Finance for Pacific Climate Action Pacific Community (SPC) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Join the waiting list