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Harnessing the Power of Pacific Trade Sustainable Development

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Knowledge is power! Recap FABC 2009 Funding the Power Measuring the Pacifics Sustainability Sustainable Partner The true Pacific Power

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Recap Power in 2009 Powering Pacific trade: Energy Efficiency technology to retrofit a/c and refrigeration (XDX Australia) Low emission gas powered a/c (Fiji Gas) Coconut biofuel (Niu Industries)

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Funding the Power Sustainable Energy Financing Project Sustainable Energy Financing Project (SEFP) is a World Bank initiative available in Fiji Applicable to investment in approved RE & EE technology SEFP loans managed by ANZ Carbon offset programs ANZ requirement est. 200,000 tCO2 offsets (circa 2006 report for A & NZ) Cost effectiveness of generating carbon offsets from diesel dependent Pacific (equates to 50 million litres of diesel displaced)

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Sustainable measures for trade

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Trading Sustainability Fiji has half the ecological foot-print of Australia & NZ (but twice the Pacific average) Lower carbon product & services Young soil linked to health benefits Example: Selenium link to Cancer (Lancet 2000) High wellbeing/happiness Fiji is around three times happier than Australia & NZ (Happy Planet Index 2006)

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New Partner in Sustainable Business WWF Pacific Engagement: Business for a Sustainable Pacific Brand: International e.g. Earth Hour Media: 20 million people receive daily updates Charlie Avis/Maria Turaga cavis@wwfpacific.org.fj mturaga@wwfpacific.org.fj

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Rugby - the real Pacific Power