Pacific leaders have issued a strong call for increased global investment in the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), a home-grown regional fund designed to channel small grants directly to communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Speaking at the closing of the PRF Partners Roundtable Talanoa at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Fiji’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Mosese Bulitavu, described the Facility as a landmark moment for Pacific self-determination and climate justice.
“The PRF was born from conviction that our people deserve a financing system that sees them, hears them, and reaches them,” said Minister Bulitavu.
“For too long, our communities have waited at the end of long, complicated chains of funding. This time, it’s different. The PRF is not an appeal for sympathy — it is a declaration of self-determination.”
Established through a Treaty endorsed by Pacific Leaders, the PRF is set to become the region’s first dedicated resilience financing institution built by the Pacific, for the Pacific. It aims to deliver small grants at scale directly to villages, farmers, women’s groups, and youth organisations across the region.
Minister Bulitavu announced that the Facility has already secured USD 167 million in pledges, with a target to reach USD$500 million by 2026. He called on governments, development partners, philanthropies, and private investors to stand with the Pacific in building a fairer climate finance system.
“Every dollar invested in the PRF will not just build infrastructure. It will build hope. It will rebuild homes, protect coastlines, keep children in schools, restore mangroves, and secure the dignity of those who have done the least to cause this crisis but face its harshest realities,” he said.
Minister Bulitavu described the PRF as a tangible example of the Pacific’s leadership in transforming climate ambition into community action.
“The Pacific has done its part, we have built the vessel. Now we ask our partners to help us fill its sails,” he concluded.
The PRF Partners Roundtable Talanoa brought together leaders, development banks, and philanthropic partners to discuss scaling up investments in community-led resilience across the Pacific Islands.
