Development of Fiji’s Low Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS)
Project ID: PRJ-005485
Project ID: PRJ-005485
The Fiji LEDS is a national initiative incorporating all the sectors of the economy specifically looking at the waste, agriculture, forestry, blue carbon, land transport, maritime transport, domestic aviation, and off-grid and on-grid electricity sectors. The journey into its preparation has been of a very holistic and inclusive nature. After several stakeholder consultations with the government, private and civil society stakeholders, the Climate Change and International Cooperation Division (CCICD) and technical team at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have devised Business as Usual, High Ambition and Very High Ambition long-term, low emission and sustainable development strategies showing a pathway to net-zero emissions and even net-negative emissions in some sectors by the year 2050. The Fiji LEDS will set the overall pathway to transform Fiji to a zero-carbon, resilient economy and plays a very crucial role to informing and enhancing the Fiji’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The specific objective of this country project will be to develop a concise and strategic LEDS document describing the pathways to low-carbon development/decarbonization for Fiji starting from the 2013 NDC baseline and reaching to 2050. The LEDS analysis, stakeholder consultation process, and document preparation will be conducted during February to October 2018 and the Government of Fiji will announce the final LEDS internationally at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the UNFCCC in December 2018. Fiji will be concluding its one year serving as the COP Presidency at COP24.
The Fiji Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) 2018-2050 is a living document compiled in 2018 to define pathways to achieve low emission development in Fiji until 2050. Fiji is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its position as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), which leaves the country exposed to sea-level rise, cyclones of increasing intensity, and flooding, among other potential consequences. It is therefore imperative to take ambitious and rapid action to address climate change, through greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Through this LEDS, Fiji will continue its climate leadership which, to-date, has included serving as the President of the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the ambitious near-term targets Fiji committed to under its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
| Description | Link | Added Date |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) 2018-2050 | https://fijiclimatechangeportal.gov.fj/ppss/fiji-low-emission-development-strategy-2018-2050-leds/ | 09/12/2025 |
| Fiji Low Emission Development Strategy: Briefing note [LEDS] | https://fijiclimatechangeportal.gov.fj/ppss/the-fiji-low-emission-development-strategy-briefing-note-leds/ | 09/12/2025 |
| Fiji's Low Emission Development Strategy Video - GGGI Media | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBywFF9_6M | 13/12/2018 |
