Co-Chairing the Melanesia Sub-Regional Private Sector Workshop on Climate Finance

Glen Craig co-chaired sessions at the meeting.

October 2021

The Government of Vanuatu, through the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation and the Vanuatu Business Resilience Council, co-hosted the Melanesia Sub-regional Private Sector Workshop on Climate Finance during October in Port Vila, with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Fiji.

This is the first collaboration of its kind between the Government and Vanuatu’s private sector in terms of climate financing.

The meeting provided a platform for businesses and the Green Climate Fund National Designated Authorities (NDA) of the five countries Melanesian (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu) to increase their awareness and access to climate finance and options for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and investment.