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Fiji Hosts First Low Emission Development Strategy Workshop

The country’s Low Emis­sions Development Strategy (LEDS) will be the first of its kind for a Pacific Small Island De­veloping State (PSIDS). The Fijian Government, in part­nership with the Global
24 May 2018 11:00
Fiji Hosts First  Low Emission  Development Strategy Workshop
Acting Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Photo: DEPTFO News

The country’s Low Emis­sions Development Strategy (LEDS) will be the first of its kind for a Pacific Small Island De­veloping State (PSIDS).

The Fijian Government, in part­nership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), hosted the first national workshop yester­day on LEDS at Suva’s Holiday Inn.

The one-day national stakeholder workshop was formally opened by the Attorney-General and Minister Responsible for Climate Change, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

“Carbon emissions that directly result from human activity pose an existential threat to the health of our climate,” Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said.

“While Fiji, as a small island state with a population of less than one million, is already among the world’s lowest carbon-emit­ting countries, we are committed to leading the world by example through the development of an am­bitious LEDS.”

Fiji’s LEDS will be a holistic and far-reaching development strat­egy that promotes both sustainable growth and long-term decarbonisa­tion of the Fijian economy.

It will guide the Government’s future decarbonisation efforts, providing a framework to meet CO2 targets under Fiji’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) through 2030 and beyond.

The Fijian LEDS will complement the work that the Fijian Govern­ment is already carrying out for mitigation and adaptation under the Paris Agreement, including the implementation of the actions ar­ticulated under the NDC Roadmap.

The inaugural LEDS workshop was organised with the aim to in­form stakeholders on the LEDS pro­cess to date, and to engage partici­pants from across the public and private sectors in a constructive dialogue over Fiji’s long-term vi­sion for low-emission development through 2050.

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