Carbon Capture

The second meeting of the Steering Committee for the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) Steering Committee (SC) was held on 12th December 2017 together with the 8th Meeting of the Pacific Energy Advisory Group and the Workshop on Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment in Small Island Developing States from the 11th – 15th December 2017 at the Novotel, Suva, Fiji.

Provided is the compilation of the meeting minutes and its accompanying annexes.

Executive summary: Pollution and the growing volumes of solid and hazardous wastes are major threats to the environments and sustainable development of the Pacific Islands. Globalisation is accelerating the transition of Pacific communities towards consumer economies, with increasing urbanisation, migration and participation in international trade. This is resulting in an escalation in solid and liquid wastes, more shipping and land transport and more infrastructure and industry throughout the region, which increase the risk of coastal and marine pollution.

Executive summary: Cleaner Pacific 2025: Pacific Regional Waste and Pollution Management Strategy 2016–2025 is a comprehensive long-term strategy for integrated sustainable waste management and pollution prevention and control in the Pacific islands region until 2025. It provides a strategic management framework to address

Executive Summary: This is the Pacific Islands region’s Strategy for solid waste management, setting the strategic direction for the period 2010-2015. It is supported by a high-level implementation plan which sets out the key actions that will be taken to deliver the vision of the strategy.

This series outlines the status of solid waste management in ADB's Pacific member economies and recommends key points for action to address challenges related to solid waste management.

Reports available:

ADB Technical Assistance Consultant's Report. Financed by the Asian Clean Energy Fund under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility. Prepared by GHD Pty Ltd. in Australia for the ADB and Yap State Public Service Corporation (YSPSC). The feasibility study is directed at 3 technical components:

This proposal has been prepared for the consideration of senior officials and Minsters at the SPC-convened Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting being held in Nadi from 31 March to 4 April 2014. It has been developed by ESCAP with the assistance of Dr. Herbert Wade, an independent consultant who undertook missions to Tuvalu (21-25 January 2014), Kiribati (26 January to 2 February 2014), and Vanuatu (4 - 7 February, 2014) 1 to help determine the feasibility of the PRDR through interviews with key stakeholders in those countries.