The Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) was inaugurated on 26 April 2017 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, at the margins of the Third Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers’ Meeting. It took place in conjunction with the 70th Anniversary celebration of the Pacific Community (SPC). It featured interventions of the Director-General of the Pacific Community, the UNIDO Regional Representative, several Prime Ministers of the Pacific Islands and Territories (PICTs) and the Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).