Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by Developing Energy Roadmaps

This presentation gave an overview of the global and regional progress in climate action and emphasized the need for an integrated approach to 2030 energy transition. It also discussed the National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP), an online tool to help develop national SDG7 roadmap and options to achieve NDCs.

Jope Davetanivalu

Jope Davetanivalu is originally from the Fiji Island and has worked and served in the Fiji Government for 27 years. He worked in the Central Board of Health under the Ministry of Health, served as a lecturer on Public Health at the Fiji School of Medicine and as the Director of Environment under the Ministry of Local Government and Environment for Fiji. He is currently employed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) as the Environment Planning Advisor for its member countries.

Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Implementing 25 Solutions to Help 1 Billion People Breathe Cleaner Air by 2030 (English)

This presentation gave an overview the top 25 measures that could significantly improve air quality and public health by the year 2030. It further underscored that the implementation of these measures requires more knowledge of what enables success in particular sectors and contexts, governance arrangements that facilitate coordination across different government agencies and non-state actors.