📅 5 December 2023
Dubai, UAE
The 2-hour high-level event will focus on the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) energy transition taking into consideration other factors.
- Holistic decarbonization and sustainable development strategies, appropriate financing and regulatory frameworks will facilitate a resilient and just transition.
- Complementing the global stocktake, highlight SIDS progress and impacts on energy transition efforts in SIDS as aligned to the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative’s twelve priority areas.
- SIDS perspectives on the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund.
- Discussions on the focus and priorities of SIDS LHI 3.0 (green hydrogen, ocean and offshore renewables, nexus points, aggregation of regional projects, lives and livelihoods) in the lead-up to the 4th International Conference on SIDS in Antigua and Barbuda in 2024 and the SIDS LHI 10th Anniversary.
Speakers will include:
- SIDS Leaders including Heads of State and Government, Ministers responsible for Energy, Environment and Climate Change
- Developed Countries who are partners of the SIDS LHI – United Arab Emirates, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, France
- Development Partners such as the Green Climate Fund, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, Asian Development Bank
- Regional Organisations such as the Pacific Community, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
- Representatives of other relevant regional and international organisations, development and multilateral agencies, financing institutions, private companies, research institutes and non-profit organisations that are partners of the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative.
As aligned with the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative priority areas, the event will focus on:
- Promoting all renewable energy resources including geothermal and ocean technology, energy efficiency, green hydrogen, battery storage, and transport.
- Linking RE uptake to climate resilience and disaster recovery.
- Reinforcing nexus points between renewables and non-energy sectors (agri-food, health, water, tourism, fisheries, education, ICT) for broad socio-economic development (SMEs and entrepreneurship, job creation, gender equality, youth and women’s empowerment).
SIDS LHI, being a partnership initiative will coordinate closely with the Alliance of Small Island States, SIDS DOCK and other SIDS-focused initiatives on just energy transition.
