Suva, Fiji, May 01, 2024 –The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) signed a Grant Funding Agreement (USD 80,000) to develop and establish a curriculum on Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of the GHGI under the Fiji’s Government Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Project funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).

The curriculum will mark the first-ever course curriculum in Fiji and in the Pacific region specifically designed to enhance knowledge and skills in climate change reporting. It represents a fundamental change in Fiji’s approach to meeting its global climate commitments and Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. The developed curriculum will be offered to relevant ministries and stakeholders involved in gathering data on Fiji’s GHGI and its efforts in monitoring, reporting and verifying climate actions and support needed.

Anchored within the country’s tertiary education system through USP, the curriculum is expected to foster sustainable capacity development. It is envisioned to empower not only government line ministries, but to data providers in the private sector and to academia and students alike ensuring that capacities and knowledge remain in the national institutions.

“This curriculum development aims to lay ground for the highest standards of professional practice in GHG accounting and reporting ensuring that policy responses to climate change are effective, credible and transparent in Fiji,” Gerard O’Donoghue, GGGI’s Assistant Director-General, remarked at the signing ceremony.

USP will develop a curriculum for a short course covering MRV of mitigation actions and GHG inventory preparation. Additionally, a funding strategy will be prepared to sustain these courses beyond the project period.  The curriculum will integrate gender guiding framework for ETF with a subsequent series of training sessions for trainers to effectively deliver the course content.

About Fiji Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency Project

Climate Change Division, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Fiji is executing a 3-year Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project. This initiative, supported by a USD 1.4 million funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to enhance transparency in climate-related efforts of Fiji. Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is the co-executing agency and technical support partner, providing necessary expertise to implement the activity and deliver outputs which aims to enhance Fiji’s institutional and human capacities to comply with Enhanced Transparency Framework reporting requirements of the Paris Agreement and implementation and monitoring of Fiji’s Nationally Determined Contributions.

About the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was founded as a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization in 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. GGGI supports its Member States in transitioning their economies toward a green growth model that simultaneously achieves poverty reduction, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and economic growth. With 48 Member States and over 24 Partner countries and regional integration organizations in the process of accession, GGGI delivers programs and projects in over 51 countries. These initiatives encompass developing innovative green growth solutions, technical support, capacity building, policy planning & implementation, and assistance in building a pipeline of bankable green investment projects, project financing, investments, and knowledge sharing. GGGI’s work contributes to its Member States’ efforts to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals and the Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement.