The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) exists to raise awareness on the importance of the ecosystems for our human survival through its global programmes including energy under the Energy, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Initiative (EESLl) framework. The goal of the EESLI is: to support and accelerate the transition to energy systems that are ecologically sustainable, socially equitable. and economically efficient while making full use of the best available technologies and governance arrangements'. In addition, IUCN is implementing low carbon energy projects in a selected number of Pacific small island states — the Energy Programme Coordinator will coordinate this project as part of the IUCN Oceania Energy Programme Portfolio.
The Pacific Islands Developing States are heavily dependent on imported petroleum fuels, which account for well over 80% of commercial energy use within nearly all countries. There has been assistance from a number of agencies over the past 20 years to assess energy issues and options, negotiate improved terms of fuel supply, expand urban and rural electrification, develop renewable energy resources to replace fossil fuels and improve the efficiency of energy use. However, these efforts have been largely piecemeal rather than part of broad internally-consistent energy policies and have had limited success.
The objective of this program is to help accelerate the transition within participating Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to energy systems that are ecologically efficient, sustainable, and socially equitable, by: a) supporting beneficiary countries in the development and implementation of environmentally sound, sustainable energy policies; and b) implementing a number of renewable energy pilot projects focusing on ecosystem conservation and livelihood enhancement.
The overall goal is reducing the impacts of climate change through sustainable energy initiatives. The expected outcome is the implementation of pilot projects in SIDS that demonstrate sustainable energy technologies, and management systems for those technologies, that are suitable for wider dissemination in other SIDS in the Pacific and beyond. The Management arrangement consists of a small technical team based at IUCN Oceania to oversee project development and implementation, with technical support through consulting services, supervisory support provided by IUCN, and wide-ranging cooperation with other Pacific sustainable energy activities through memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for agreed joint or complementary activities. https://hrms.iucn.org/iresy/index.cfm?event=vac.show&vacId=1531&lang=en
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