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Fourth Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers’ Meeting 

Opening Remarks by Mr. Stein Hansen,  Director and UNIDO Representative  Regional Office Hub in Bangkok

19 September 2019

TATTE Conference Centre, Apia, Samoa, 16-20 September 2019 


As global leaders meet to negotiate new targets to stem the rising impact of climate change, Pacific Energy & Transport Ministers have agreed in Samoa on a bold set of priorities that will reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase renewable energy supply in the Pacific.


12th September, 2019 The members of the European Union Pacific Technical and Vocational Education and Training on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Adaptation (EU-PacTVET) Project – Technical Task Force in Tonga held their first meeting yesterday afternoon, at MEIDECC’s conference room.


19 August 2019, Funafuti, Tuvalu. “Tuvalu is at the forefront of the impacts of climate change. I see it every day when I wake up. This is a war we are tackling”. Prime Minister also emphasized “We are not only talking, people of Tuvalu need to see these changes” to greener economy.

This was the opening remark from the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Right Honourable Enele Sopoaga at the opening of the Tuvalu National Energy Dialogue to advance Tuvalu’s energy policy and GHG mitigation target.


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