SUVA - The Fijian Government, in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), hosted the first national workshop on Low Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) at Holiday Inn, Suva on Wednesday, 23 May 2018. The one-day national stakeholder workshop was formally opened in the morning by Fijian Attorney-General, Minister for Economy and responsible for climate change, Hon. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
“Carbon emissions that are a direct result of human activity pose an existential threat to the health of our climate,” said Sayed-Khaiyum. “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 Government’s future decarbonisation efforts, providing a framework to meet CO2 targets under Fiji’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) through 2030 and beyond.
Notably, Fiji’s LEDS will be the first of its kind for a Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS). 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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