Nadia Florida Meredith-Hunt is an expert in climate finance, climate change policy, and renewable energy investment with extensive experience leading and advising on sustainability-focused projects in the Pacific. As CEO of KVA Consult Ltd., she has worked with UNDP, UNEP, GIZ, and other international agencies on climate finance mobilization, energy transition, and resilience planning. She is currently Energy Finance Specialist for UNDP, assessing renewable energy financing in Samoa, Tokelau, Cook Islands, and Niue. She also serves as Project Coordinator for the ICAT Initiative (UNEP), strengthening Samoa’s climate transparency and reporting. As Co-Team Leader for the CAP-IT Project (UNDP), she is accelerating decarbonization in Samoa’s land and maritime transport sectors. Her past work includes leading the Climate Finance Private Sector Engagement Project (GIZ), advising on Samoa’s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, and conducting climate resilience assessments for the World Bank and UNDP. With deep expertise in financing mechanisms, policy development, and public-private partnerships, she is a key figure in advancing sustainable development and climate resilience in the Pacific.
Hailing from the Pacific Island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Joshua is a climate finance practitioner focused on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He specializes broadly in climate finance transparency, sustainable finance taxonomies, and the blue economy, focusing on providing strategic policy and program implementation. In his previous work experiences, Joshua worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop regional country profiles of 6 Pacific Island nations and provide recommendations on blue economy sectors for the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. In addition, he delivered a stock take report on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, NDCs, and energy subsidies across the following countries of Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, FSM, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. He has also served as a climate negotiator for the FSM at COP28 and COP29 to cover topics on oceans and climate finance and is a UNFCCC Nominated Expert for Micronesia.
Joshua currently serves as the Oceania Regional Representative for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance working on implementing the Blue Prosperity Entrepreneurship Fellowship (BPEF) in FSM and Tonga and is supporting Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in the region. Additionally, he works full-time as a Climate Finance Specialist for the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), where he directly supported the development of the recently launched Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Climate Finance Transparency Guide. Subsequently, Joshua has contributed extensively to the research and analysis of sustainable finance (green) taxonomies across 52+ jurisdictions, which has led to pr
His current affiliations include serving as an Expert Reviewer for the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) UN Environment Programme (UNEP), a researcher UNFCCC YOUNGO Finance & Markets Working Group on establishing Loss and Damage and the NCQG for SIDS, and a affiliate of the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (ODI-RESI) on debt distress and access to climate finance, further demonstrating his rooted understanding of the Pacific.
