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EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum moderated a panel for the Carnegie Endowment in partnership with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
While climate change is a global problem, island nations in the Indo-Pacific face an especially urgent threat from global rising temperatures. Multinational, national, and regional initiatives have offered climate finance and sustainable development solutions to island nations—but these offers come with challenges that result in unmet needs. Though there are various initiatives offering climate and development finance, is it accessible by island nations in the Indo-Pacific? What are the regulatory frameworks that challenge accessibility to climate and development finance and how can island nations address them?
- Angelique Pouponneau, Policy Advisor, Alliance of Small Island States
- Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chief Representative, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Washington Office
- Moderator: Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center
EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum moderated a panel for the Carnegie Endowment in partnership with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
While climate change is a global problem, island nations in the Indo-Pacific face an especially urgent threat from global rising temperatures. Multinational, national, and regional initiatives have offered climate finance and sustainable development solutions to island nations—but these offers come with challenges that result in unmet needs. Though there are various initiatives offering climate and development finance, is it accessible by island nations in the Indo-Pacific? What are the regulatory frameworks that challenge accessibility to climate and development finance and how can island nations address them?
- Angelique Pouponneau, Policy Advisor, Alliance of Small Island States
- Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chief Representative, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Washington Office
- Moderator: Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center
