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1–4 SEPTEMBER 2014Apia, Samoa

Programme

sidsdockforum2014.org

SIDS DOCK Secretariat

c/o Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre2nd Floor, Lawrence Nicholas Building

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Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States

SIDS DOCKSIDE EVENTS

SESSION C: Presenting the SIDS DOCK Platform

Opening Session

Overview of the SIDS DOCK Platform

Discussion Panel 1 To provide the context for the Establishment of the SIDS DOCK Organisation

SIDS, more than any other grouping of countries have a clear understanding of the costs of climate resilience building and climate adaptation. It is not a matter of if we have to adapt, we have no other option. Sea level rise by 3.5 to 34.6 inches (8.8 to 87.8 cm) between 1990 and 2100 would result in saline coastal groundwater, endangering wetlands and inundating valuable land and coastal communities

Brief Statements: SIDS DOCK Chair Conference Host Country – Samoa AOSIS Chair SIDS DOCK Host Country – Belize CCCCC SPREP

SIDS DOCK may very well help avoid the need for SIDS to spend in excess of USD 30 billion, annually, on petroleum imports. If SIDS collectively follow the recommendations outlined in each of the organizational platform building components developed under the Denmark SIDS DOCK Support Programme, SIDS would be able to create the enabling environment for the transformation of the SIDS energy sector to achieve their goals to mobilise in excess of USD 20 billion, by 2033, to achieve a 25 percent (2005 baseline) increase in energy efficiency, generation of a minimum of 50 percent of electric power from renewable sources, and a 25 percent decrease in conventional transportation fuel use.

This presentation will see the soft launch of the new SIDS DOCK Knowledge Platform inclusive of the sidsdock.org and the facilitation of the esd.sidsdock.org sites

The Ceremony for the Opening of the SIDS DOCK Statute for Signature - the new SIDS-SIDS Sustainable Energy UN Treaty - is in follow up to the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement Establishing the SIDS Dock, a trans-regional international organization, that was opened for signature on the 18 December 2009, during UN climate talks, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and duly executed, setting forth the process of establishment, and responsibilities of the parties. It is now the high expectation of the SIDS DOCK membership, donors, partners and supporters, that the opening for signature of the Instrument on the Establishment of the Small Island Developing States Dock (SIDS DOCK) will be the main desired outcome, in Samoa 2014

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This presentation will feature components of the Pilot SIDS DOCK PEP, intended to promote, publicize, and facilitate education of the benefits of a low carbon economy in SIDS - 25-50-25 by 2033, for the purpose of encouraging the public to reduce the use of fossil fuels, increase the use of alternative energy sources and increase energy efficiency and conservation.

SIDS DOCK Public Education and Awareness (SIDS DOCK PEP)

Island Life Information Network (ILIN) – The SIDS DOCK Virtual Knowledge Network:

Signing Ceremony: To provide the context for the Establishment of the SIDS DOCK Organisation

H.E. Mr. Vince Henderson, Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the UN, and Chair SIDS DOCK Steering Committee

H.E. Mr. Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the Independent State of Samoa to the United Nations & SIDS DOCK Steering Committee Member

His Excellency President Baron Waqa, President, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Nauru, and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Hon. Senator Charles Gibson, Minister of the Public Service and Elections and Boundaries, Government of Belize, SIDS DOCK Host Country

Dr. Kenrick Leslie, CBE, Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs)

Dr. David Sheppard, Executive Director, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Ms. Christine F. Neves Duncan, Consultant, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Ms. Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D., Explorer-In-Residence, National Geographic Society

Ms. Anna Lindstedt, Ambassador for Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Sweden (tbc)

H.E. Claes Hammar, Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (tbc)

Dr. Kenrick Leslie, CBE, Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs)

Dr. David Sheppard, Executive Director, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Mr. David Duncan, Chief Knowledge Officer, SIDS DOCK ILIN

Dr. Al Binger, 5Cs

Countries Signing: Samoa, Barbados, Belize, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Nauru, Niue, Seychelles Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu

TBC: Bahamas, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Fiji, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Mauritius, Micronesia, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, Tuvalu

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm

6:05 pm - 6:07 pm

SIDS DOCK Pilot Children’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Competition

Ms. Jeanette Larue, Technical Adviser for Environment Education, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Republic of the Seychelles

6:13 pm - 6:18 pm

SIDS DOCK Pilot National Consultations: The People’s Energy Vision for Small Island Developing States – Island Energy for Island Life

Ms. Sheikha Bundhoo, Senior Information Officer, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius, and SIDS DOCK Communications Advisor

6:07 pm - 6:12 pm

SIDS DOCK Pilot Women’s Sustainable Energy Network

Ms. Lesley Ann Welsh, SIDS DOCK PEP Consultant, CCCCC

6:19 pm - 6:25 pm

6:24 pm - 6:30 pm

Question & Answer Session 6:30 pm

5:15 pm - 5:25 pm

5:25 pm - 6:00 pm

SESSION A: The Challenges Of Climate Change In SIDS And The Economic And Financial Implications

Day 1 SIDE EVENT 129

Conference Room CR3Faleata Sports Complex

Ceremony for the Opening of the SIDS DOCK Statute for Signature

5pm – 6:30pmMonday, SEPTEMBER 1

SESSION B: Ceremony for the Opening of the SIDS DOCK Statute for Signature

Brief Remarks from Partners Hon. Mr. Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark (tbc) Hon. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan (tbc) H.E. Dr. Helmut Böck, Ambassador of Austria to Australia Hon. Mr. Erlan A. Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (tbc) Mr. Nik Sekhran, Officer in Charge - Environment and Energy Group, Bureau for Development Policy. United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP) (tbc) Dr. Pradeep Monga, Director of the Energy and Climate Change Branch, United Nations Industrial Development

Organization, UNIDO Mr. Jan Hartke, Director, Global Climate Initiative, Clinton Climate Initiative -

Clean Energy Program World Bank (tbc)

Welcome

Panel Presentation 2 Introduction: Towards a Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers

SIDS DOCK, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), announced a historic partnership worth millions of Euros, to establish a network of regional Centres for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in SIDS. The Government of Austria, through the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), has committed to fund the establishment and first operational phase for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Centres in the Caribbean (CCREEE), Indian Ocean (IOCREEE), and the Pacific (PCREEE), and to provide support to the African islands at the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)

Although SIDS will need to attract approximately USD 1 billion in investment financing, per year, over the next 20 years, an attractive Project Pipeline is presented, with projects at various stages of development that is estimated to have almost USD 1.6 Billion in investment opportunities in new markets and fertile grounds for innovation

SIDS have created a National Financing Mechanism (SIDS DOCK NFM) that would allow SIDS DOCK to directly access public and private resources to finance low carbon projects without the presence of an intermediary or an implementing agency, strengthening institutional capacities at the national, regional and international level, as well as reducing the dependence on international donors

Hon. Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, Republic of the SeychellesDr. The Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, GrenadaHon. Henry Puna, Prime Minister, Cook IslandsHon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister, BarbadosHon. Mr. Manasseh Maelanga, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Solomon IslandsHon. José Maria Neves, Prime Minister, Cabo Verde (TBC)Hon. Dr. Arvin Boolell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Republic of Mauritius (TBC)Hon. Mr. Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark (TBC)H.E. Dr. Helmut Böck, Ambassador of Austria to AustraliaMr. Bob Dixon, Team Leader of the Climate Change and Chemicals team, Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)Mr. Achille Bassilekin III, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade - Africa,

Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

Presentation of the SIDS DOCK Indicative Project Portfolio To provide the context for the Establishment of the SIDS DOCK Organisation

Presentation on the SIDS DOCK National Financing Mechanism (NFM)

Short Statements from Invited Guests


Dr. Pradeep Monga, Director of the Energy and Climate Change Branch, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO

Mr. Fabian McKinnon, Deputy Director-General, Programmes, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

Dr. Al Binger, Energy Science Advisor, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Climate Change Centre (5Cs), and SIDS DOCK Coordinator

Ms. Sadhna Appanah, Lead Analyst, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Government of the Republic of Mauritius

5:00 pm - 5:02 pm

5:03 pm - 5:10 pm

6:11 pm - 6:16 pm

6:17 pm - 6:25 pm

6:25 pm - 6:30 pm

SESSION A: Towards a Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers to Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Energy Industries and SE4ALL in SIDS



SIDS DOCK-UNIDO SE4ALL PARTNERSHIP

5pm – 6:30pmMonday, SEPTEMBER 2


Welcome

Presentation: The Potential of Deep Seawater for Island Nations

H.E. Mr. Ronnie Jumeau, Climate Change Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Seychelles

Dr. Al Binger, Energy Science Advisor, CCCCC and SIDS DOCK Coordinator

Mr. Gilbert J.M. Gouverneur, Co-founder/Director Ecopower International

Dr Syvlia Earle, National Geographic

9:00 am - 9:05 am

9:10 am - 9:25 am

SESSION A: The Potential of Deep Seawater for Island Nations



OCEAN RESOURCES & CLIMATE RESILIENCE

9am – 10:30amMonday, SEPTEMBER 4


This event is intended to refocus recognition of the strategic importance of the ocean and coastal environment to SIDS, which constitutes a valuable development resource. As clearly outlined in the blueprint for SIDS sustainable development - the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) and the Mauritius Strategy for its Further Implementation (MSI) - most aspects of environmental management in SIDS are directly dependent on, and influenced by, the planning and utilization of land resources, which in turn is intimately linked to coastal and marine management and protection. Further, the protection of the oceans, all kinds of seas and coastal areas and the protection, rational use and development of their living resources is the focus of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21

To provide the general framework for cooperation between the Parties to accelerate the synergistic deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in small island developing states

Presentation to Samoa Youth – (Sylvia Earle’s Book – “The World Is Blue”)

H.E. Mr. Ronnie Jumeau, UN Ambassador to Seychelles & Co-Chair GLISPA (Moderator)

Dr. The Hon. Kenneth Darroux, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Fisheries, Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Hon. Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, Republic of the Seychelles

Dr. The Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada

Hon. Henry Puna, Prime Minister, Cook Islands

Dr. The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering, Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Resources and Labour, British Virgin Islands

Mr. Gilbert J.M. Gouverneur, Co-founder/Director Ecopower International

Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Panel Discussion 3: The Potential of Deep Seawater for Island Nations

Signing of SIDS DOCK-IRENA Memorandum of Understanding

Panel Discussion 4: Ocean Energy and Food Security in SIDS

Question & Answer Session

Dr. The Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada

Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility

Minister Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, Republic of the Seychelles

Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Ms. Rebecca Moore, Director of Google Earth Outreach and Google Ocean

Mr. Jan Hartke, Global Clean Energy Islands Initiative, Clinton Climate Initiative

Mr. Steven Lutz, Blue Carbon Programme Coordinator, GRID – Arendal


Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

9:25 am - 9:55 am

9:55 am - 10:00 am

10:05 am - 10:20 am

10:20 am - 10:30 am

SESSION B: Ocean Energy and Food Security in SIDS

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