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The talks follow on from the Fiji hosted COP23 in Bonn Germany, and are two years to the day of the Paris Agreement signing.
Mr Bainimarama joined other leaders for a panel discussion around turning the global economy into a green one.
The talks follow on from the Fiji hosted COP23 in Bonn Germany, and are two years to the day of the Paris Agreement signing.
Mr Bainimarama joined other leaders for a panel discussion around turning the global economy into a green one.
Also on the panel were Japan's foreign minister Taro Kono, the UN climate body's executive secretary Patricia Espinosa, and the Moroccan solar energy agency boss Mustapha Bakkoury.
There was no dissension among them, the green economy is the new economy and planetary funds need to be freed up for the new industrial age.
Mr Bainimarama said it was important to build on the momentum from Bonn.
"To harness that spirit of determination and sense of opportunity to make our framework more sustainable and more prosperous. Excellencies if there's one thing we all know it is that global financial markets respond to opportunity and it is our job to seize this moment and accelerate this profound shift that is already taking place in global investment."
The Fiji leader reiterated urgency for getting better access to public finance, the central role of private investment, the need to move funds away from fossil fuels, and more co-operation to unlock funds.
"I want to close by stressing that money and capital is not the challenge we face. We have sufficient financial resources in the world to transform our economies and reduce global emissions."
Later the World Bank announced it would stop financing fossil fuel extraction and exploration from 2019.
Japan's Taro Kono said his country would lead climate financing through smart funding models as well as advanced technology and innovation.
He highlighted examples his country uses to enhance co-operation with other countries and entities.
"As a leading contributor to the Green Climate Fund, Japan strongly supports the adoption of GCF projects with particular focus on the Pacific Island countries vulnerable to climate change."
Mr Kono also said more collective action was needed.
Patricia Espinosa of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is optimistic.
"So many actors around the world in different areas of the economy, in different sectors of society in all countries of the world are aligning their actions and their ambitions towards the Paris agreement and the fact that this summit is convening around the Paris Agreement, around the goals of the Paris Agreement also shows how much the financial sector is aligning towards the goals established by the Paris Agreement."
At the summit, the European Commission unveiled 9 billion euros worth of investments targeting sustainable cities, sustainable energy and sustainable agriculture for Africa and EU countries.
Dominic Godfrey travelled to France as a guest of the French Foreign Ministry.