Local2030 Islands Network
Local2030 Islands Network
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Description
The Local2030 Islands Network is the world’s first global, island-led network devoted to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through locally-driven, culturally-informed solutions that can be scaled for increased impact. The Network brings together a diverse set of island economies - nations, states, and communities - from all regions of the world, and promotes island solutions and leadership based on shared experiences and island culture.
The Local2030 Islands Network serves as a platform for islands to engage each other as peers to raise ambition on the SDGs, share experiences, spread knowledge, promote solidarity, and identify and implement best practice sustainability solutions.
Island economies and countries that have islands can join the Network as members regardless of jurisdictional level. Intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organisations, business, academia, and philanthropy can join the Network as partners.
The Local2030 Islands Network supports island economies in achieving the Four Principles:
○ Principle 1: Identify local goals to advance the SDGs and strengthen long-term political
leadership on climate resilience and net-zero emissions pathways.
○ Principle 2: Strengthen public-private partnerships that support diverse stakeholders in
integrating sustainability priorities into policy and planning.
○ Principle 3: Measure SDG progress through tracking and reporting on locally and culturally
informed indicators.
○ Principle 4: Implement concrete initiatives that build island resilience and a circular economy
through locally appropriate solutions, particularly at the water-energy-food nexus.
Local2030 Islands Network members and partners must commit to the Network’s Four Principles and signal their commitment in an open letter to the Local2030 Islands Network Secretariat.
The Local2030 Islands Network coordinates topic-specific Communities of Practice (CoP) in which member islands can participate. These Communities of Practice support the implementation of the Four Principles and topics are determined by the island members through an iterative, peer-to-peer
process.To date three communities of practice have been established:
1. Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism
2. Data for Climate Resilience
3. Resilient and Clean Energy Systems
A fourth community of practice on water food energy nexus was launched at the UN Water Conference in June 2023
In April of 2023 in person convening of the Tourism and Data Communities of Practice were held in Hawaii bring together more than 115 islanders from 33 island economies across the Pacific, Caribbean, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.
The Network provides and promote virtual learning and sharing opportunities through webinars, highlighting “best practice” island examples, and facilitation of support for various aspects of SDG implementation, whether cross-sectoral and integrated (e.g. institutions and tools for developing and tracking local SDG goals) to sectoral support mechanisms. The Network also host and support events at international conferences to highlight island successes and challenges.
Data and Dashboard Development:
The Local 2030 Island Network (L2030IN), is committed to advocating for Dashboard Development, including: 1) technical advice and support on the process adapted and used, 2) working sessions to support goal setting and public ongoing process, 3) building the public private partnership to ensure community engagement.
The Local2030 Island Network secured the SDG Data Hub, an Esri technology that supports licensing and templates to streamline dashboard development. The Local2030 Island Network is committed to providing training and forums through the Data to Support Climate Resilience Community of Practice.
The SDG Data Hub and Template is a launching point for initial baseline data. This provides a pathway to incorporate culturally relative data, story telling, and other mechanisms to demonstrate how island communities are advancing sustainable development at the local level and to measure what matters.
Three community or creator licenses will be provided to each island economy and their designated dashboard coordinator(s)*, which will allow partners to edit, upload and publish data.
The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) and Hawaii Local2030 Hub serve as the Secretariat for the Network and are supported by a Steering Committee of senior leaders from across diverse disciplines and geographies who are committed to advancing island sustainability.
GLISPA was born out of the a decision at the UN Convention of Biodiversity "to establish national, sub-regional, regional and international island partnerships that bring Governments and civil society organisations together to increase political, financial and technical support to accelerate the implementation of the programme of work on island biodiversity". Inspired by this call, the leaders of Palau, Seychelles, Republic of Marshall Islands, Grenada and the British Virgin Islands came together to catalyse this into reality to help islands collaborate and mobilise action oriented commitments with a focus on mobilising political leadership, fostering collaboration and catalysing action.The Hawaii Green Growth initiative was launched at the 2011 US hosted APEC Leaders Summit in Honolulu to support a sustainable and green growth recovery, and is now a UN-recognised Local2030 Hub focused on
promoting capacity building to support local implementation of the SDGs.
Global Island Partnership
Hawaii Green Growth Local2030 Hub
US Agencies: NOAA, NREL, US Department of Energy, USAID, US State Department, US Environmental Protection Agency
UN Foundation
Climate Strong Islands Network
Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network
East-West Center
ESRI
PDC Global
SMILO
Tasmanian Way
Union for the Mediterranean
SDGS & Targets
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Goal 7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
7.1
By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
7.1.1
Proportion of population with access to electricity
7.1.2
Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology
7.2
7.2.1
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
7.3
7.3.1
Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP
7.a
7.a.1
International financial flows to developing countries in support of clean energy research and development and renewable energy production, including in hybrid systems
7.b
By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support
7.b.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
SDG 14 targets covered
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Current Island members: Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, British Virgin islands, City of Hobart, Curacao, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Hawaii, Ibiza, Ireland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Niue, Puerto Rico, Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, USA