Powering climate resilience across the Blue Pacific

Join us at the Australian Pavilion for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil for a session showcasing how Australia’s REnew Pacific is powering climate resilience across the Blue Pacific.

Launched at COP29 by Minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, REnew Pacific is the Australian Government’s AUD $75 million investment delivering off-grid renewable energy to some of the Pacific and Timor-Leste’s most remote communities. Building on the success of earlier Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) pilots launched in 2024, the program is transforming how essential services are powered and sustained across the region.

Together, REnew Pacific and the BPP pilots have partnered with governments, businesses and communities across six countries to bring clean, reliable energy to more than 130 schools, health centres and community facilities, reaching over 230,000 people and strengthening local resilience to climate impacts.

In this session, you’ll hear from Australian and Pacific Government leaders, together with:

• Mr Mohammed Angawi, Team Leader, REnew Pacific

• Dr Basil Leodoro, Director of HELPR-1 Operations, Respond Global

• Mr Tapera Bird, General Manager, Superfly

• Dr Genevieve Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, KTF (Kokoda Track Foundation) 

They will share how locally-led partnerships are overcoming vast distances and climate challenges through renewable energy solutions that cut emissions, reduce diesel reliance and build lasting resilience across the Blue Pacific.

REnew Pacific is made possible through the Pacific Climate Infrastructure Financing Partnership (PCIFP), an AUD $350 million initiative delivered by the Australian Government’s Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) and implemented by Palladium. 

The event will be livestreamed via the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) YouTube channel, with the link to be shared from 10 November.

We hope you can join us - online or in person - at the COP30 Australian Pavilion on Monday 17 November!