1. Opening Address Feleti Teo PIDF Secretary General
Sustainable Sea Transport Talanoa 2014 & International Conference on Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Opening Address
Feleti Teo
PIDF Secretary General

2. 2014 PIDF Summit
Green Growth in the Pacific : Building Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

3. Commitment areas of the PIDF
Leadership
Recognition of the role of healthy people
Value of the Pacific common and collective
Long Term Financing – Support to communities
Rigor in implementation of key national and regional commitments
Reform of financial system
Education and capacity building
Sustainable transport
Food security
Re-energising the Pacific

4. Where are we going? PIDF mission
Enabling green-blue Pacific economies through inclusive strategies, multi-stakeholder governance, and genuine partnerships .

5. Where are we going? Outcome of PIDF work program
Regional and national frameworks implementing effective transformation of unsustainable development practices through the use of innovative tools such as green-blue economy, adaptive leadership, and genuine partnerships for Pacific communities

6. From a “divided” and imbalanced house …
Economic Development (growth) and Inequality
Social Development (Inclusivity)
Environment (Sustainability)

7. Towards Our Goals with Our partners
United, Distinctive and Sustainable
Pacific Society
Green-Blue Pacific Economies
Economic Development
Social Development
Environmental protection
Enablers including 10 commitment areas

8. Convergence and integration
Alignment with national mechanisms including planning processes and integration with sectoral strategies
Supporting national green growth approaches: Fiji, PNG, Tonga
Supporting sub-regional frameworks (e.g. MSG Green Growth Framework)
Creating an enabling environment for community participation and private sector leadership

9. Conclusion
Climate change is the greatest threat to security of ocean and people
Dependency on imported fossil fuel is the largest inhibitor of development ambitions
SIDS 2014.
Enabling green-blue Pacific economies is key

10. VINAKA