The UN Local2030 Islands Hub: Determining Metrics of Climate Adaptation Goals in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Jurisdictional-scale Pacific Island decision-makers and governments lack the time and capacity to interpret complex climate assessment reports and are collaborating as a region on developing a transferrable and stakeholder-based framework to identify locally and culturally appropriate goals, metrics, and indicators that track a given island’s progress towards various climate adaptation goals. By increasing the capacity of island jurisdictions to quantify their adaptation progress, governments and sectors will be able to focus on areas that need more attention and highlight success stories, enabling data-based decision making and justification of international funding. The Local2030 Islands Network brings together a diverse set of developed and developing island economies—nations, states, and communities—from all regions of the world. The Network promotes island solutions and leadership based on shared experiences and island culture and aims to create a community of practice around localized tracking and implementation of both sustainable development goals (SDGs) and climate metrics.
The Local2030 Islands Network team, led by RISA Project Specialist Paula Moehlenkamp and in cooperation with Hawaii Green Growth (HGG), plans to meet with diverse stakeholder groups from across the Pacific Islands region in their initial efforts to identify climate and ocean impact metrics as part of a network of SDG Dashboards. In April 2022, Ms. Moehlenkamp and the Local2030 Islands Network team were able to attend the 2022 Our Ocean Conference in Koror, Palau, where they hosted several sessions related to the SDGs and dashboard creation. Read more about the outcomes and achievements of the Local 2030 network at the Our Ocean conference HERE.
The Local 2030 Islands Network team meets with President Whipps of Palau to discuss the Palau dashboard and Green Growth framework. From left to right: Jabal Hassanali, Paula Moehlenkamp, President Whipps, Celeste Connors, Kaimana Bingham, Minister Steven Victor.
Research Team
Paula Moehlenkamp, Project Specialist, East West Center
Celeste Connors, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Green Growth
Resilient and sustainable Pacific Island communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making about climate variability and change.
Local2030 Islands Network
The UN Local2030 Islands Hub: Determining Metrics of Climate Adaptation Goals in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Jurisdictional-scale Pacific Island decision-makers and governments lack the time and capacity to interpret complex climate assessment reports and are collaborating as a region on developing a transferrable and stakeholder-based framework to identify locally and culturally appropriate goals, metrics, and indicators that track a given island’s progress towards various climate adaptation goals. By increasing the capacity of island jurisdictions to quantify their adaptation progress, governments and sectors will be able to focus on areas that need more attention and highlight success stories, enabling data-based decision making and justification of international funding. The Local2030 Islands Network brings together a diverse set of developed and developing island economies—nations, states, and communities—from all regions of the world. The Network promotes island solutions and leadership based on shared experiences and island culture and aims to create a community of practice around localized tracking and implementation of both sustainable development goals (SDGs) and climate metrics.
The Local2030 Islands Network team, led by RISA Project Specialist Paula Moehlenkamp and in cooperation with Hawaii Green Growth (HGG), plans to meet with diverse stakeholder groups from across the Pacific Islands region in their initial efforts to identify climate and ocean impact metrics as part of a network of SDG Dashboards. In April 2022, Ms. Moehlenkamp and the Local2030 Islands Network team were able to attend the 2022 Our Ocean Conference in Koror, Palau, where they hosted several sessions related to the SDGs and dashboard creation. Read more about the outcomes and achievements of the Local 2030 network at the Our Ocean conference HERE.
Research Team
Paula Moehlenkamp, Project Specialist, East West Center
Celeste Connors, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Green Growth
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Hawaiʻi Green Growth Local2030 Hub
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Resilient and sustainable Pacific Island communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making about climate variability and change.
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