The Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is a groundbreaking bilateral agreement establishing climate cooperation, security partnership, and a mobility pathway for Tuvaluans to live, work, and study in Australia. The Government of Tuvalu will present an emerging, indigenous-led climate governance model - the Tautua Way - featuring the voices and pre-departure perspectives of the first Tuvaluans preparing to participate in the Falepili Union Human Mobility Pathway. The groundbreaking Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty establishes a historic framework for climate cooperation, security partnership, and a dedicated mobility pathway for Tuvaluans to live, work, and study in Australia. Against the global backdrop of climate change adaptation, the Falepili Stewardship Unit works for all Tuvaluans to tautua (steward) this agreement in the spirit of falepili - care, respect, and shared responsibility. The Government of Tuvalu presents an emerging, indigenous-led, adaptive climate governance model that supports coordination, continuous learning, and informed decision-making—The Tautua Way. Using human mobility as the primary lens through which holistic treaty experiences are viewed, this session features a digital storytelling asset capturing onshore community insights and the pre-departure perspectives of the first cohorts of Tuvaluans participating in the pathway. The session will include an interactive panel discussing how the Tautua Way functions as a culturally responsive approach to working collaboratively, utilizing local community insights and lived experiences as a dynamic, relational way of working that actively shapes service delivery while safeguarding the sovereignty, prosperity, and identity of Tuvalu and its people for future generations.

Venue

Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion

Speakers

Ministerial representation (tbc), Tuvalu High Commissioner to Australia HE Samuele Laloniu (tbc), Tuvalu Whole of Government Coordinator - Mahu Tinapa, Mobility Specialist - Kristy McIntosh