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04/03/2026Published On: 04/03/2026
The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Lenora Qereqeretabua officiated the Pacific Climate Mobility Regional Exchange: Addressing Challenges and Prospects for Planned Relocation Together,” held at Tanoa Hotel in Nadi earlier this week on Tuesday 3 March 2026.
The Regional Exchange brings together Pacific Island government officials, practitioners, community leaders and civil society representatives over three days to share experiences, identify practical solutions, and advance actions under the Implementation Plan (2025–2030) of the Pacific Regional Framework on Climate Mobility (PRFCM). The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Climate Mobility, co-chaired by Fiji and Tuvalu, helped steer the development of the PRFCM and its Implementation Plan.
The Regional Exchange provides an opportunity to reflect on progress to date while charting the next phase of collective action with focus on mobilising financial, technical, and knowledge partnerships to address the multidimensional challenges associated with climate mobility.
In her remarks, Hon. Qereqeretabua acknowledged the Government of Tuvalu for its partnership and the collective support of the Joint Working Group (JWG) secretariat and Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security Programme (PCCMHS) partners in drafting Regional Framework – describing the process that required patience, negotiation, and above all — trust.
The Assistant Minister said with each exchange, each revision, and each careful negotiation of ideas, the Framework gradually took shape — strengthened not only by technical expertise, but by collective “ownership and trust.”
Further, Hon. Qereqeretabua highlighted that the work undertaken through the Pacific Forum Sub-Committee on Regional Security remains a remarkable reflection of how climate mobility has been recognised as a core human security and regional stability concern.
Hon. Qereqeretabua extended her sincere appreciation to all PRFCM members for the achievements attained over the last 5 years and for trusting the process — for sustaining engagement, for navigating complexity, and for contributing to an outcome that is distinctly Pacific in both substance and spirit.
The Regional Exchange is organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) under the Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS Phase II) Programme, in close collaboration with programme partners: International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO), UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and supported by regional Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) agencies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and GIZ, with funding from the New Zealand Aid Programme.
