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Round table / Workshop Pacific Voices & Leadership

Yarning for Resilient: Amplifying solutions for Non-Economic Loss and Damage in Oceania (YES-NELD)

Tuesday 6 October 2026 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Ballroom 3

About this session

What happens when climate change takes what money can’t measure? Lost burial grounds, fading languages, broken ties to land and sea. Non-economic loss and damage (NELD) is real and deeply felt across Oceania, yet it barely shows up in loss-and-damage accounting. If it isn’t counted, it isn’t funded. Join us around the kava bowl as government representatives, Indigenous leaders, youth and researchers come together to yarn and talanoa. We’ll launch the NELD Whitepaper from the Yarning for Resilient and Healthy Communities in Oceania (YES) Project, with case studies, new frameworks for capturing NELD, and practical recommendations for action, now and beyond 1.5°C. Come for the kava, stay for the solutions.

Speakers

TK
Tessa Kelly Panellist
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
ZS
Zali Steggall MP Panellist
Federal Member for Warringah
GE
Gabrielle Emery Panellist
UNDRR Pacific Subregional Office
DM
Damian Morgan-Bulled Panellist
NESP Climate Systems Hub, CSIRO
AA
Asiata Gerard Tuii Anapu Panellist
University of Melbourne
RK
Hon. Ruth Cross Kwansing
Minister for Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs, Kiribati
SN
Mr Sefanaia Nawadra
Director General
SPREP
FD
French Embassy Delegate
French Embassy Canberra

Session details

Format
Round table / Workshop
Date
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Where
Ballroom 3
Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa
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The University of Melbourne
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