PNG Investment Week 2025 Kicks off in Sydney with Strong Call for Sustainable Growth and Climate-Ready Investment
8 December 2025
PNG Investment Week 2025 Kicks off in Sydney with Strong Call for Sustainable Growth and Climate-Ready Investment
8 December 2025
Papua New Guinea’s premier investment showcase, the PNG Investment Week 2025 (PNGIW25), started today in Sydney, Australia, marking the country’s strongest drive yet to diversify its economy and attract broader international investment.
Hosted by the PNG Chamber of Resources and Energy (PNG CORE), the four-day forum is being held under the theme “Stronger Together – Investing for the Future.”
Chief Secretary Ivan Pomaleu closed Day One by urging a strategic pivot from non-renewable resource revenue to sustainable sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and tourism as part of PNG’s long-term 2050 development vision.
He reaffirmed Papua New Guinea’s reputation as a stable, high-growth investment destination, underpinned by strong democratic and legal foundations.
“Achieving long-term prosperity requires inclusive partnerships and long-term capital,” Mr. Pomaleu said.
PNG CORE President Anthony Smare highlighted that the redesigned program reflects PNG’s readiness for diversified global investment. “PNG is open, capable, and ready for broad-based international investment,” he said, noting the forum’s expanded focus on infrastructure, agriculture, finance, digital innovation, and renewable energy.
Day one program features:
PNG Regulators Forum – addressing business-enabling reforms and improving regulatory clarity.
Resources Outlook – providing updates on major national projects including Papua LNG, Pasca A, and Frieda River.
Climate and Infrastructure Summits – spotlighting renewable energy, connectivity, and power sector priorities.
Suppliers Forum – discussing strategy, build relationships, and address challenges like supply chain risks, innovation, and performance
A central goal of PNGIW25 is to shift global investor attention toward high-growth non-resource sectors, paving the way for more resilient and inclusive economic development.
In a concurrent session, National Energy Authority Managing Director Ronald Maketa outlined significant reforms boosting PNG’s climate governance, including:
Climate-responsive budgeting for the 2025–2026 fiscal cycle
Integration of climate and disaster risks into national planning
New climate risk screening tools for major infrastructure
Expansion of renewable energy initiatives—from solar mini-grids and upgraded hydropower to geothermal potential and green hydrogen development
Maketa reaffirmed PNG’s global leadership in forest conservation, strengthened by the lifting of the carbon project moratorium, which reopens access to regulated carbon markets.
Renowned Australian climate scientist Professor Tim Flannery also cautioned that PNG faces some of the most severe climate impacts globally, threatening food security and community resilience.
He stressed that decisive, immediate action is essential to avoid catastrophic levels of warming, urging stronger Australia–PNG cooperation and rapid expansion of renewable energy to support domestic industry.
Flannery praised PNG’s community-led conservation initiatives and called for both nations to “act with urgency and courage” in addressing the climate crisis.
The events key attractions of PNGIW25 will be the participation of Prime Minister James Marape, along with an anticipated address by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, underscoring deepening economic and climate cooperation between the two nations.
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