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Climate change Energy plan Fiji maps plan to to cus- Green growth 100pc renewable en-
sions by 30pc by 2030: P23
ergy target under framework: P23

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CROP agencies remain ready to
provide advice and technical support
throughout the negotiations wherever
it is required.
Framework for resilient
development in the Pacific

Beyond the global, United Nations
processes the Pacific region has several
of its own policy initiatives relating to
climate change and resilience such as
the Framework for Resilient Develop-
ment in the Pacific (FRDP), which is
the overarching vehicle guiding regional
support to integrate climate change and
disaster risk management consider-
ations for building resilience.
The Pacific Resilience Partnership
(PRP), whose governance arrangements
were recently endorsed by Forum Lead-
ers for an initial two-year trial period,
seeks to introduce an inclusive and in-
novative mechanism comprising equal
representation from member govern-
ments, private and civil society sectors,
and development partners which include
CROP agencies. The Pacific Regional
Resilience Week to be held this week
in Suva will be an opportunity for all
key stakeholders to discuss how the
region should refocus and become more
inclusive so that we can use existing,
available resources to integrate risk
considerations into all development
decisions in different and more efficient Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine at the forum. Photo: Nic Maclellan
ways, so that all of our development delivery partner. Finally, the Forum Secretariat is in
initiatives are not only sustainable but A second aspect of this work relates discussion with the World Bank on the
also resilient to the effects and impacts to specific options and products that expansion of the definition of fragility
of both extreme events from natural Pacific countries could adopt to better to include recognition of Small States’
hazard risks and from climate change. access and manage climate change and vulnerability to climate change.
disaster risk financing. One example is a Over the coming months the Secre-
Accessing climate finance Pacific Island Climate Change Insurance tariat will seek to engage more widely
Facility, proposed as a country initiative with the regional agencies to support
Access to climate change and disaster by Tuvalu in various officials and minis- the Forum Economic Ministers call for
risk finance remains a significant chal- terial meetings leading up to and at the the recognition of vulnerability as a
lenge for many Pacific countries. This Leaders meeting itself. key criteria for accessing climate and
has prompted the Forum Secretariat, in A taskforce to elaborate the concept development finance.
collaboration with technical agencies into a full proposal to be presented to the The recent devastation in the Carib-
such as SPREP and SPC, to remain sup- Forum Economic Ministers Meeting and bean serves to remind us all of the need
portive of member countries to access later to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders for swift and bold action to address our
international climate change finance, meeting in 2018, is needed. The Forum changing climate and to continue to
including the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Secretariat has offered its support to the pursue innovative approaches to build-
This involves a range of initiatives Office of the Prime Minister of Tuvalu ing our resilience.
including coordinating the work of the and awaits further guidance before it There is no greater time to continue
multilateral and regional accredited proceeds with consultations. to act together as members of the Pacific
entities who are active in the region, Islands Forum and people of The Blue
facilitating GCF Pacific Dialogues, serv- Expanding the definition of fragility Pacific than now.
ing as an observer to the GCF Board
Meeting and also being a readiness

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