GREEN TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
Promoting Green Transformation in the Pacific
Donor
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Implementing Agency
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
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PROJECT COUNTRIES
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Upcoming Event
Policy Discussion among Leaders of Pacific SIDS Countries to Accelerate Green Transformation in the Pacific region through Just Energy Transition
Date & Time: July 12, 2024, Friday 10:00 – 12:10 (JST)
Venue: United Nations University – Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall (Tokyo) / Zoom Webinar
Language: Japanese / English (simultaneous interpretation available)
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The objective of this policy event is to facilitate high-level discussions on national policy making, international partnerships, and regional South-South and triangular cooperation opportunities including the private sector engagement, in the Pacific region to promote green transformation and climate resilience. This dialogue will focus on key roles and anticipated contributions of national leadership in enabling domestic potentials, enhancing ecosystems and economic prospects, and facilitating international cooperations and the public-private partnerships to drive green transformation forward. Discussions during the event will encompass various facets of green transformation relevant and acute in each Pacific country, thereby providing additional complementarity to the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 10) by sharing diverse perspectives on policy options and existing constraints.
Background
With every 0.1 degree rise in the average global temperature, the threats from climate-induced disasters increase disproportionately affecting fragile ecosystems, impacting socioeconomic systems, and fueling instability and volatility.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. At COP26 SIDS leaders stated that climate action is a matter of survival for these nations, that are facing more frequent and extreme weather events causing devastating damage to the environment, human life, and economies.
Therefore, climate mitigation and adaptation actions are paramount, and access to finance is at the heart of climate action. SIDS are highly vulnerable due to their dependence on imports of goods, services, energy supply, and economies that lack diversification.
The COVID-19 pandemic and impacts from the war in Ukraine have exacerbated these vulnerabilities, decimating tourism, intensifying socio-economic shocks, increasing food insecurity, and raising the costs of fossil fuels, resulting in aftershocks felt across the SIDS that are expected to persist for years.
The need for new growth strategies is critical to address multi-dimensional socio-economic risks, to shift to sustainable development to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, drive economic growth, and help people cope with the impacts of climate change.
UNDP has been supporting countries to promote green growth, build resilience to crises, and respond to the growing adaptation and mitigation needs through several initiatives including its flagship Climate Promise initiative. The initiative, the biggest of its kind, supports developing countries in delivering their national climate pledges, namely Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), that set emission reduction targets.
About the Project
The Pacific Green Transformation Project aims to advance climate action through innovation, helping communities build resilience, and adapt to climate risks, by providing access to renewable energy, for the most vulnerable to overcome a persistent energy crisis and drive green transformation across the Pacific and beyond.
Project Framework
The 4-countries project funded by the Government of Japan, is being implemented under the overarching goal of the Climate Promise framework. Lessons learned from the Climate Promise initiative will enrich the implementation process of the Pacific Green Transportation Project. The country-level climate actions and investments have been developed based on country-specific contexts to best realize their green transformation ambitions for a more inclusive, gender-responsive, and climate-resilient future.
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
National Governments, UN Agencies, Civil Society, Women and Youth Associations and the Private Sector
DURATION
February 2023 - February 2025
Total Budget
USD 37.5 million
Project Countries
Publications
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Timor-Leste
Vanuatu
Reports
Impact
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Contact Information
UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
Regional Project Management Unit
Simbitwe Mwiya
simbotwe.mwiya@undp.org
Papua New Guinea
Project Management Unit
UNDP Papua New Guinea Country Office
Firdavs Faizulloev
firdavs.faizulloev@undp.org
Samoa
Project Management Unit
UNDP Samoa Country Office
Vladimir Kalinski
vladimir.kalinski@undp.org
Timor-Leste
Project Management Unit
UNDP Timor-Leste Country Office
Palmira Vilanova
Palmira.vilanova@undp.org
Vanuatu
Project Management Unit
UNDP in Vanuatu
Imran Khan
imran.khan@undp.org