Like any other Pacific Small Island Developing State, Fiji faces significant challenges in climate financing mobilisation to scale up its prioritised investments in climate resilient infrastructure in the immediate, medium and long term.
Minister for Public Works and Meteorological Services, Ro Filipe Tuisawau highlighted this at the 13th Assembly and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Week in Seoul, South Korea.
Ro Filipe reminded the Assembly that Fiji is deeply vulnerable to the impacts of Climate Change.
He urged all Global Green Growth Institute State Members to continue their collective efforts to support inclusive climate finance mobilisation and enabling access modalities, by exploring innovative financing mechanisms that can allow GGGI to be a catalytic platform in establishing impactful and transformational lifelong changes to people’s lives, that leaves no one behind.
The Minister thanked GGGI leadership and its Secretariat for giving him the opportunity to join the other High Ministerial Level Dignitaries from other Member States to be present in its 13th Assembly.
He also advocated that it is crucial that Fiji continue engaging with GGGI to facilitate climate financing for Fiji’s specific mitigation, adaptation and climate nexus development projects to benefit grassroot communities.
Ro Filipe acknowledged GGGI’s expertise and technical assistance in the mobilisation of renewable energy based rural electrification in Fiji with the various contributions of Development Partners.
He reiterated Fiji’s full support to GGGI’s current base in Fiji and its future plans to scale up its Regional level presence and innovative collaboration in the South Pacific.
