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Nukunonu Atoll in the South Pacific, an area vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Image: UN/Ariane Rummery.

The Pacific Islands have played a central role in increasing the ambition of the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with Fiji being the first state to sign up to the Paris agreement.

The Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami in the Kingdom of Tonga on 15 January 2022 is yet another serious reminder of the increasingly urgent need to look at energy security and resilience as part of the same challenge.&nbs

Reviewing my master’s research about the potential of solar energy in the Kingdom of Tonga, hosted by PCREEE in 2019.

Papua New Guinea is known as the land of the unexpected and while there are often surprises, its natural beauty and richness in natural resources are well known to everyone.

30th November 2021, Nuku’alofa. Despite the challenge of the global pandemic, the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) were able to conduct its 6th Steering Committee (SC) meeting virtually.

Nuku’alofa, 16th November, 2021 –

Event Link: https://pcreee.org/event/pcreee-isa-pacific-islands-solar-expertise-programme 

19 October, 2021. Following the adoption of the PCREEE’s Business Plan, the PCREEE’s sustainable mobility programme was presented to a Transportation Stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop at Nukuálofa on 19 October.

As the Pacific Islands prepare for COP 26 at Glasgow next month, Samoa has taken the priority for urgent and ambitious actions to cut down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to another level by translating plans into actions on the ground.

• Government commits $1.3 billion over four years to support countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change
• At least 50 percent of funding will go to the Pacific as it adapts to the impacts of climate change

Photo: The Vanuatu based SPC Regional Director, Mia Rimon, with some of the NSCL members. The Letter of Agreement was signed by the Deputy Director General Paula Vivili on behalf of SPC

[Photo: Demonstration of an electric car in Tonga]

1st October 2021 – Grenada's Prime Minister, Dr.

A partnership between the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) continues to address the lack of technical persons in Vanuatu with the skills to design, install, operate, and troubles

Supporting the recent Forum Leaders’ decision that COVID-19 must not delay global climate action but should promote recovery investments that are climate-smart and in line with a low emissions development pathway, the first ever Sustainable Energy

Nuku'alofa – 3 August 2021

One of the biggest villages in Vanuatu, Port Olry, on the island of Santo has attained another level in its development.