Australia’s bid to co-host the UN climate summit COP31 with Pacific Island countries was built around a clear objective to elevate Pacific climate concerns. That objective is now at risk. The paper proposes that Australia should position the pre-COP for selected global leaders, using it to align Pacific priorities with those of other climate-vulnerable countries.

Pacific Island countries are among the most climate vulnerable in the world and face huge unmet adaptation financing needs. This policy brief outlines how it is in Australia’s interest to help meet this need. It recommends that Australia should direct more of its aid resources to the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific for...

This policy brief examines the newly established Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which seeks to address the disproportionate burden of climate loss and damage that is borne by developing countries. The brief suggests that, to avoid the pitfalls of previous climate funds, the...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a lynchpin for global climate solidarity and plays an important role in supporting climate action in developing countries. The authors of this paper argue that Australia should rejoin the fund to further its own strategic climate objectives.