Climate Finance for the Global South: Mechanisms, Barriers, and Opportunities

As part of the PRME Students COP30 Program, this session will explore how unlocking climate finance is essential to achieving global climate objectives. The session will give an overview of climate finance mechanisms, addresses persistent access barriers for the Global South, and equips participants with knowledge to engage in climate finance discussions effectively.

Speaker: Dr. Abrar Chaudhury (University of Oxford)

About the PRME Students COP30 Program

The 2025 PRME Students COP30 Programme is a strategically designed, cross-regional initiative aimed at equipping youth around the world with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to actively contribute to global climate action in the lead-up to the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties (COP30), scheduled to take place in Belém, Brazil in 2025.

This initiative, rooted in the principles of equity, collaboration, and youth empowerment, will unfold over a four-month period, from July to October 2025, through an eight-part virtual workshop series. Each session, lasting up to two hours, will provide an in-depth exploration of a core climate-related theme. Each workshop will follow a dual-speaker format, featuring both a professional expert with experience in climate science, policy, or sustainable development, and a youth representative actively engaged in climate action or community-based sustainability work. This format ensures a dynamic exchange of perspectives, combining technical depth with lived experience and youthful innovation. The program aims to build climate literacy, amplify youth voices, and foster interregional collaboration across the Global South in preparation for meaningful youth engagement at the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties (COP30).