Fiji leads Pacific climate change effort
THE 2030 National Determined Contributions (NDC) strategy will create a pathway for ongoing commitment of the region to work together as one to develop long-term approaches to critical challenges such as climate change, sustainable development and security.
This was highlighted by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama at the launch of the Regional Pacific NDC Hub’s strategy 2030 held in Suva recently.
Prime Minister Bainimarama, while speaking to development partners from the region, said it represents the region’s effort to implement and achieve the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
“We have other strategies to guide us in this work: the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific, the Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development, and the Framework for Energy Security and Resilience in the Pacific 2021 – 2030, which is now in the planning stages.”
“Strategy 2030 reflects the fact that climate action and sustainable development are inseparable. As we rebuild our economies from the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, climate investments present a unique opportunity for Pacific economies to build back better and ensure a green, blue, and inclusive recovery.”
Prime Minister Bainimarama highlighted that this will require a bit of ingenuity on our part as we develop our policies. It will require us to assertively seek genuine partnerships that translate these policies into action. We will have to make our case. And we will have to listen. But we must seize this opportunity.
“Through the Strategy 2030, we are working as a region to transform our societies. We will have to change some of the ways to which we have become accustomed. In fact, everyone will have to change, not just
us. We will have to revise our energy policies and adjust our economies to respect the hand that nature has dealt us. Today, we ask our development partners to renew your commitment to the Pacific NDC Hub and stay with us for the long term as we implement our NDCs.”
“The world is a place where innovations and revolutionary solutions can spring up anywhere. I dare say that we are already developing solutions that can be exported anywhere. And that will be one more contribution that we make.”