Rhea Cordeiro is the climate finance absorption officer for Fiji. She has 10 years experience in climate policy, adaptation, climate finance, sustainability and project management in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. She has contributed to developing Green Climate Fund funding proposals, monitoring and evaluation of large climate programmes, analysis for building project pipelines and capacities, during her time at Oxford Policy Management over the past four years.

Mino is Samoan and is pursuing a PhD examining forced relocation from traditional lands in Samoa.

Thathsarani de Silva is a PhD candidate in Landscape Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a Landscape Architect (Sri Lanka) and previously served as a lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and holds a Master’s in Environmental Management. Her expertise includes landscape planning, environmental management, and academic research.

Ms 'Ofa Kaisamy is Manager of the Pacific Climate Change Centre. She studied a Master of Laws in Environment Law at the Australian National University. In her role, she drives innovation and ensures practical information is shared successfully between regional meteorological services, climate practitioners, policy makers and project implementers.

H.E. Mr Nawadra holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Canberra and a Masters of Environmental Management from the Imperial College, University of London. Prior to his role as Director-General of SPREP, he was the Head of the UNEP Sub-regional office for the Pacific. He has worked as SPREP’s Marine Pollution Adviser and the Director for the Environment Monitoring and Governance Division. He also worked as Conservation International’s Fiji Country Director; Environment Director (Pacific) of Sinclair Knight Merz Engineering Consultants; Health Safety and Environment Manager for Shell Pacific Islands Limited; and several senior technical positions within the Fiji Government’s Environment and Agriculture Departments.