Fiji is pressing the Pacific’s case on the global stage, with Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change Dr Sivendra Michael leading Fiji’s delegation as Head of Delegation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meetings currently underway in Nairobi, Kenya.Speaking in his capacity as Chair of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), Dr Michael called for greater recognition of the Pacific’s community-led conservation efforts, and urged stronger financial and technical support to help Small Island Developing States deliver on their global biodiversity commitments.
The CBD intersessional, compromising of scientific advisory body (SBSTTA‑28) and its implementation body (SBI‑7) are reviewing the findings of the global midterm review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Their recommendations will feed directly into CBD COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, this October, where countries will take stock of progress and sharpen action to address biodiversity loss.
Addressing the plenary, Dr Michael reaffirmed the Pacific’s commitment to turning commitment into delivery:
“The Pacific did not come to Nairobi to renegotiate our ambition. We came to implement it, and to bring proven, community-led solutions to share on the road to Yerevan. We ask this body to match our ambition with the science, the finance and the process that will let us deliver it. Our reefs, our fisheries, our mangroves and our peoples cannot wait.”
Fiji remains committed to working with Pacific partners to ensure the region’s voices, experiences and solutions shape global biodiversity decisions — decisions that protect our environment, strengthen climate resilience, and safeguard the livelihoods of present and future generations.
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