Theme: Putting SIDS at the center of the global climate and development agenda.

• Opening session:

  • Welcome address: H.E. Moussa Saleh Batraki (Secretary General of the OEACP).

     

  • Statement by the Chair of the Forum (Head of State of the Pacific region).

     

  • Opening remarks: H.E. Rabab Fatima.

     

  • Speech and official opening: H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (President of Equatorial Guinea).

     

• Panel 1 – Scaling up climate finance (10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.): Possible speakers include Dr. Charlene Watson and Dr. Amar Bhattacharya, as well as H.E. Ms. Kristalina Georgieva (IMF) and H.E. Ajay Banga (World Bank).

   

• Panel 2 – Advancing Climate Justice: Speakers such as H.E. Ishmael Kalsakau (Vanuatu) and Mary Robinson (The Elders), joined by youth leaders such as Vanessa Nakate.

   

• Panel 3 – Building Resilience: Speakers such as Mr. Gaston Brown (Antigua and Barbuda) and Ms. Inger Andersen (UNEP).