Program

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 Registration has closed Ended 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Pacific-led Science, Data and Youth for Climate Action The University of the South Pacific (USP) Convention 2, Crowne Registration has closed Ended 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 Registration has closed Ended 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Keeping 1.5°C Alive: Defending science and accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) Convention 2, Crowne Registration has closed Ended 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Pacific Leadership for Children: Turning Promises into Progress UNICEF Pacific in partnership with YOUNGO Convention 1, Crowne Registration has closed Ended 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Papua New Guinea's National Climate Finance Strategy: An update and lessons learned throughout the process Monash University, Climate Change and Development Authority - Papua New Guinea, & Expertise France EU-FCCB Programme Ballroom 1, Sofitel Registration has closed Ended 10:15 AM –11:45 AM Yarning for Resilient: Amplifying solutions for Non-Economic Loss and Damage in Oceania (YES-NELD) The University of Melbourne Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Operationalising the ICJ Advisory Opinion: What’s Next for the Pacific? Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Vulnerable to Investable: Reimagining Finance for Pacific Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 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 Ended 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Financing for Resilient Pacific Communities World Health Organisation (WHO) (co-organized with Governments of Tonga & Vanuatu, UNDP, UNDRR, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 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 1, Crowne Register Ended 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Investing in Natural Capital: The Pacific Opportunity Pacific Action for Climate Transitions Ballroom 3, Sofitel Register Ended 1:45 PM –2:30 PM Pacific Climate Agriculture and Food Solutions: From Talanoa to Action Ministry of Agriculture Waterway & Sugar (Fiji), CSIRO (Australia) and SPC (Fiji). Bula Village (Baravi 1 & 2), Crowne Register Ended 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Pacific Voices Shaping Global Climate Science Pacific Climate Change Centre (SPREP), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Convention 1, Crowne Register Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Data-driven NDC Implementation in Pacific Nations The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia (ICLEI South Asia) Convention 1, Crowne Register Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Indigenous Climate Knowledge Exchange: Shared Challenges, Knowledge and Solutions Monash University, First Nations Clean Energy and Advisory Committee Convention 3, Crowne Register Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Innovative Finance for Pacific Climate Action Pacific Community (SPC) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Investor Rights as a Barrier to Climate Action Pacific Network on Globalisation Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended

9:00 AM –9:45 AM 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 1, Crowne Register Ended 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 Ended 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 Fully booked Ended 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 Ended 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 Fully booked Ended 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 Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM One Ocean: COP31 Meets the High Seas Treaty High Seas Alliance Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Side Event: Launch of Tonga’s NDC 3.0 Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) & UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register Ended 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 Ended 1:45 PM –2:30 PM A Decade of Pacific NDC Action and Partnership Pacific Community (SPC) Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended 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 Fully booked Ended 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 Fully booked Ended 3:00 PM –3:45 PM A Pacific-Led Transition for Island Shipping Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, University of New South Wales Ballroom 5, Sofitel Register Ended 3:00 PM –5:00 PM Amplifying Pacific Voices through Storytelling The University of the South Pacific, School of Law and Social Sciences Bula Village (Baravi 1 & 2), Crowne Register Ended 3:00 PM –3:45 PM Nature at the Heart of Pacific Climate Action Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register Ended 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 Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Accelerating Atoll Adaptation: Country-Led Action Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register Ended 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 Ended 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 Fully booked Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Offshore Renewables for Resilient Islands IRENA Convention 1, Crowne Register Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Pacific Leadership for Stronger NDCs RAD Platform e.V. Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended 4:30 PM –5:15 PM Unlocking Pacific Renewable Energy Investment: The TIDES Partnership in Action Government of United Kingdom (UK) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended

9:00 AM –9:45 AM From communities to climate action in Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change - Vanuatu Ballroom 2, Sofitel Register Ended 9:00 AM –9:45 AM Partner Dialogue on Locally Led Adaptation and Nature Finance The Nature Conservancy Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 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 Ended 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 Ended 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis through Zero Waste in Big Ocean States: Synergies for Climate, Ocean, and Biodiversity Sasakawa Peace Foundation Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended 10:15 AM –11:00 AM Financial Protection Against Climate-related Shocks Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Accelerating Action on Climate Mobility: From Policy Commitments to Implementation Technical Working Group on Human Mobility Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended 11:45 AM –12:30 PM Grassroots Recyclers’ Journey: Peaks and Valleys Waste Recyclers Fiji Limited & Pacific Recycling Foundation Convention 2, Crowne Register Ended 1:15 PM –2:00 PM Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity Pacific Community (SPC) Ballroom 5, Sofitel Fully booked Ended