Global Engagements
UOG G3 Local2030 Conservation Corps welcomes 10 new members
October 20, 2024 | The Guam Daily Post - “For 10 University of Guam students, Friday marked the first day of their journey through the island’s streets, jungles and waters as they learn skills aimed at attaining a green, sustainable future for Guam and the region.
One by one, the 10 new members shared their motives for joining the Guam Green Growth Local2030 Islands Network Conservation Corps Season 2, but all were motivated by a desire to help prepare their islands to live sustainably for generations to come.”
The Ocean Foundation Awards Funding to Eight Island-Led Regenerative Tourism Initiatives Around the World
September 23, 2024 | The Ocean Foundation - “The Ocean Foundation is pleased to announce that it will grant a total of $118,266 to eight different regenerative tourism initiatives on island nations around the world through the Regenerative Tourism Catalyst Grant Program. These awards are supported through the Foundation’s partnership with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office Adaptation Sciences program, National Marine Protected Areas Center, and the Local2030 Islands Network, with support from the U.S. Department of State (DOS). These grants are intended to support island communities in implementing regenerative tourism projects and approaches as part of their broader efforts to build climate resilience and advance their sustainable development goals, and enhance island leadership through participation in the Local2030 Islands Network. Grant recipients will share their methods and results through the Network’s global, peer-to-peer Community of Practice on Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism. “
Micronesia Islands Forum L2030IN Joint Outcome Statement
June 3-5, 2024 | Micronesian Islands Forum Secretariat - “The Leaders of the U.S. Territory of Guam, the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the State Governments of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap, along with the CNMI, Guam, Palua, Mauru and the RMI held their 26th Micronesian Islands Forum Annual Meeting in Guam on June 3-5, 2024.”
Press Release: 4th Annual Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
May 29, 2024 | US Department of the Interior - “On Wednesday, Secretary Haaland joined Prime Minister Browne, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., and Guam Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio for a roundtable conversation with the Local2030 Islands Network, the world’s first global, island-led network devoted to addressing the climate crisis by advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through locally driven, culturally informed solutions.”
Guam to engage in UN Small Island Developing States Conference
May 27, 2024 | Kuam News - “The The Local2030 Islands Network will host its 3rd Leaders' Summit at the Small Island Developing States Conference (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda on May 29, 2024… Guam is a founding member of the Local2030 Islands Network. The US island territory implements principles of the network through Guam Green Growth, a comprehensive public-private initiative advancing the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
Seychelles to Be Part of Local2030 Islands Network Solutions
April 13, 2023 | Turbo News - “The Local2030 Islands Network is set to be a strong voice for island states, and Seychelles has been invited to be part of the solutions.”
Climate Smart Acceleration of SDG 6 in the Caribbean and the Pacific Regions
A UN Water Conference 2023 Official Side Event
2023 Conference Theme: Water for climate resilience and environment: Source to sea
Islands Leading on Localised SDG Implementation: Dashboards as a Tool to Strengthen Decision Making
A UN High-level Political Forum 2023 Official Side Event
2023 Conference Theme: "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”
Network featured in US Government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment
2023 - “Collective action in the region is codified in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Local2030 Islands Network and Micronesia Challenge. Climate literacy may help spur collective action and build social capacity to address climate-driven changes. Climate change–focused education and outreach programming in the Pacific Islands region is diverse and extends across federal, state, and county levels, nongovernmental organizations, and Indigenous-serving organizations (e.g., Bolden et al. 2018; Frungillo et al. 2022; HWMO 2021; Longman et al. 2022; USGS 2021123,124,125,126,127). Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander epistemologies are woven into many programs.”
Network featured on PACC2030 Factsheet
2023 - “Support for Local 2030 Islands Network: The U.S. Navy, NOAA, and the State Department support the Local2030 Islands Network, the world’s first global, island-led network devoted to advancing the SDGs through locally-driven, culturally-informed solutions. The Network serves as a peer-to-peer platform of island leaders and experts from across jurisdictions focused on developing innovative solutions in an island context. In the past year, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago have joined the Local 2030 Islands Network, committing to building island resilience to climate change.”
Local2030 Islands Network included in US 2023 State of Global Partnerships Report: Climate Edition
2023 - “On outreach, Local 2030 Islands network has hosted eight webinars on building back better post COVID-19 and shared 125+ bright spots with over 2,000 participants from 60+ countries; and secured $9 million in financial support from the United States as part of the resident’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) to build capacity for islands to measure and advance progress on local climate goals.”
Network featured in Article on Island Initiatives at COP27
November 15, 2022 - “The network seeks to foster innovative climate solutions on the principles of identifying local goals to further sustainable development, strengthening public-private partnerships to fund climate action, implementing concrete climate action and accurately measuring progress.”
Local2030 Islands Network at COP27: Side Event at U.S. Center
November 14, 2022 - On Monday, 14 November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Local2030 Islands Network convened an event in the U.S. Center at COP27 entitled Island and International Partnerships for a Net-Zero and Climate Resilient Future. The event dialogue focused on the potential impact that international partnerships such as the Local2030 Islands Network and the Renewable Energy for Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative can have to increase climate ambition and sustainable development through peer-to-peer learning, common goal setting, data for decision making, integrating co-developed climate knowledge and information, accessing lessons and insights from front runners, and leapfrogging technologies. Leaders engaged in a candid discussion on specific opportunities to collaborate, with the Netherlands announcing it would join the Local2030 Islands Network.
Network Featured as a Case Study
2022 - Local2030 Islands Network Featured as case study in chapter 3 of Operationalizing Sustainable Development to Benefit People and the Planet by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Local2030 Islands Network Featured in SMILO 2022 report
2022 - Local2030 Islands Network Featured in the SMILO World Island Networks and Organisations 2022 Report. “The Small Islands Organisation (SMILO), together with its close partners started in 2020 the process of identifying island networks and organisations around the globe that help protect the environment or cultural heritage of islands. This mapping work enables us to analyse their roles, actions, scope and difficulties, and also to pinpoint opportunities for the different players to cooperate.”
