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Energy Access and Affordability in Solomon Islands

How much power is enough?

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Resilient by Design: Pacific Solutions for an Integrated Climate Future

Climate change is the single greatest threat to the health, jobs and security of Pacific Island peoples. Yet living on the frontline of climate impacts has also made the Pacific pioneers of climate solutions.

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Lighting the Last Nautical Mile: The People Powering Rural Electrification in Fiji

On the lush, volcanic island of Koro, in Fiji’s Lomaviti Group, Timaima Marica learned from an early age how things worked, and what life without reliable energy access was like.

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A Turning Point for Our Ocean – Why the High Seas Treaty Matters for the Blue Pacific

The global ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty marks a decisive moment in international cooperation and ocean governance.

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Marshall Islands Secures Major UNDP–GEF Investment to Protect Water, Land, and Atoll Communities from Climate Change

he Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is pioneering integrated solutions to safeguard water security, restore critical ecosystems, and strengthen climate resilience across the nation’s atolls, following the approval of a major new investment.

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Fiji Steps Up Efforts to Close Global Biodiversity Finance Gap

The global biodiversity financing gap is estimated at an alarming US$700 billion annually, according to the recent Little Book on Investing in Nature.

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What we do

In the Pacific, UNDP provides regional and country support to ten countries - Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu - and regional support to five countries - Cook Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tokelau - together with a total population of 2.4 million. We work on effective governance, inclusive growth as well as resilience and sustainable development.  

Multi-Country Programme Document (2023-2027)

This 5-year multi-country program is an outcome of the Pacific Cooperation Framework for 2023-2027, integrating the national plans of 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway. With clear guidance from the UNDP Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and building on the achievements of the previous program cycle, UNDP's contribution to the Cooperation Framework will effectively implement the Secretary General's directives to aid small island developing States and advance the Blue Pacific Continent strategy.

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“What are we going to do with so much water?” Addressing Water Security in the Remotest Atolls of the Marshall Islands

The community had gathered beneath the sun for the blessing of a new water tank, speeches from leaders, prayers of thanks, and the familiar moment when everyone…

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Decaying World War II bombs in Solomon Islands releasing toxic chemicals, new research finds

Coastal communities in Solomon Islands are facing growing health and environmental risks as decaying World War II bombs release toxic chemicals into land and sea…

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Energy Access and Affordability in Solomon Islands: How much power is enough?

If communities are clear about what they want from electricity, the more pressing question may be this: what can they afford?

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Naidiri Marine Biodiversity Park: A Small Village Making a Big Impact

On a quiet afternoon in 2009, after a game of touch rugby, Manoa Duwai sat down to eat. In front of him was a bowl of rice and cup of tea – and no fish. When he…

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Vanuatu Energy Resilience Project Moves from Drawing Board to the Shoreline

The technical team behind the Vanuatu Energy Resilience Project (VERP) has officially moved from the drawing board to the shoreline. In a mid-February field…

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Our Impact

1.8

million

people in Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, now have access to formal financial services.

9,000

households

supported with livelihoods recovery, community infrastructure, early warning systems, and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment after Tropical Cyclone Harold in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

10.99

hectares

of mangrove forests and 5.57 hectares of coastal areas in Kosrae State, FSM were rehabilitated.

4

women

were elected as Members of Parliament for the Solomon Islands 2020 National Elections. It is the the highest number ever in its law-making body.

200≈

new jobs

created in green/blue businesses in the Pacific.

1,777

people

reached in Tonga through the REACH project Fiji model.

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