7th Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub Steering Committee Meeting

Labourdonnais Hotel
Port Louis, Mauritius

Marking 10 years of advancing climate finance access

The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) was established following the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta.

Now in its 10th year, CCFAH strengthens the climate resilience of small and other vulnerable Commonwealth countries through enhancing access to climate finance, leveraging available technology and strengthening human and institutional capacity for inclusive climate change adaptation and mitigation. The Hub’s work directly contributes towards the achievement of member countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and therefore to The Paris Agreement and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

The operations of CCFAH are guided by a steering committee, which provides strategic and policy guidance. In line with its terms of reference, the steering committee meets at least once a year.

The 2025 Steering Committee meeting in Port Louis, Mauritius, comes at a critical time for climate action: intensifying impacts of climate change, geopolitical shifts, a rapidly changing international aid environment and the development of a third generation of NDCs.

Expected outcomes

A reflection on CCFAH’s achievements and milestones over the past 10 years, and
Setting strategic priorities and opportunities for CCFAH, aligned to the new strategic vision for the Commonwealth.

Format

An official opening session with media access.
The opening session will include a video message by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Hon Shirley Botchwey, and the Mauritius Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Hon Dhananjay Ramful.
This will be followed by a closed meeting of the steering committee.
In addition, CCFAH advisers will lead a high-Level UNFCCC COP training for the Mauritius COP30 delegation.

Participants

Government representatives from Australia, Canada, Grenada, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom
Institutional partners from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), The Pacific Community (SPC)
Senior officials from the Commonwealth Secretariat including Commonwealth Regional, National and Thematic Climate Finance Advisers (CCFAH)

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