With just one week to go until COP30, we’re excited to be bringing our REnew Pacific partners – and the Pacific and Timor-Leste’s off-grid renewable energy success stories – to the world’s largest climate summit, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Belém, Brazil.
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 its earlier Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) pilots launched in 2024, REnew Pacific 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.
At COP30, we’ll be hosting a session at the Australian Pavilion showcasing how Australia and its Pacific partners are powering climate resilience across the Blue Pacific.
You’ll hear from Australian and Pacific Government leaders, together with:
- Mohammed Angawi, Team Leader, REnew Pacific
- Dr Basil Leodoro, Director of HELPR-1 Operations, Respond Global
- Tapera Bird, General Manager, Superfly
- Dr Genevieve Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, KTF (Kokoda Track Foundation)
They’ll share how Pacific communities and partners are turning the region’s unique challenges into opportunities, building clean, reliable energy systems that cut emissions, replace diesel and strengthen resilience across islands and generations.
Here are the details:
📅 Monday 17 November 2025
📍 Australian Pavilion, COP30 at Belém, Brazil
🕚 11.00 to 11.50am (BST: local time)
Can’t make it? The event will also be livestreamed via the DCCEEW YouTube channel, with the link available from 10 November.
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.
