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International Engagement: Progress & Achievments
Progress on the Aloha+ Challenge
Hawai'i's six elected Chief Executives (Governor, four Mayors, and Chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs) formally signed the Aloha+ Challenge Declaration, a statewide commitment to six sustainability targets for 2030 at a press conference on July 7, 2014. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature passed a resolution endorsing the Aloha+ Challenge with strong support from the House and Senate.
The US Department of State also officially invited Hawai'i to join the US delegation for the Third United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States (UNSIDS 2014) and Hawaiʻi will be announcing the Aloha+ Challenge internationally at a high-level Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) event in Samoa in early September.
Achievements in International Engagement
Hawai'i Green Growth promotes targeted international exchanges for key Hawai'i leaders, and facilitates Hawai'i participation and hosting of international events and exchanges focused on sustainability.
Hawai'i Green Growth has strategically engaged in key international events:
Washington Place Reception for Ambassador Jumeau
September 10, 2013 in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Hosted by the State of Hawai'i and Hawai'i Green Growth
Governor Neil Abercrombie accepted Ambassador Jumeau's invitation to join the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) and "step up and step forward as an island leader" with an international commitment to sustainability at a GLISPA high-level event in 2014. Over 130 diverse leaders attended the Washington Place reception to honor Ambassador Jumeau and highlight The Role of Islands on Global Sustainability Issues.
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Island Summit at United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity, Conference of the Parties (CBD COP-11)
October 16, 2012 in Hyberadad, India
Hosted by the Global Island Partnership
Hawai'i's international leadership in green growth was featured at the Island Summit held at the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity, Conference of the Parties (CBD COP-11) on October 16, 2012. William Aila, Chair of Hawai'i's Department of Land & Natural Resources, led a four-person Hawai'i delegation to share lessons with other islands in GLISPA's interactive event on Island Innovations: Celebrating Bright Spots, Leadership and Successes in Island Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods.
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World Conservation Congress 2012
September 6-15, 2012 in Jeju, South Korea
Hosted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Hawaiʻi Green Growth helped shape Hawai'i's message for its international debut at the 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Jeju, South Korea. Organized by Chipper Wichman, Hawai'i brought a delegation of over 40 leaders and conservation professionals to showcase trend-setting work on the essential connection between nature conservation and food security, climate change, economic development, people and governance. Hawai'i hosted a successful VIP reception for conservation leaders around the world, where Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz, University of Hawai'i President MRC Greenwood, and Chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Colette Machado demonstrated high level and diverse political support for Hawai'i's bid to host the next World Conservation Congress in 2016. If successful, the 2016 Congress would be an outstanding opportunity to focus attention on progress on our sustainability targets when the world "comes to visit".
Hawai'i Briefing with US Ambassador Tong at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011
August 9, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hosted by APEC & Hawaiʻi Green Growth
"Hawaii has the potential to be a pioneer and advocate for green growth," said U.S. Ambassador Kurt Tong, Senior Official to APEC, at the APEC 2011 and Green Growth Hawaii Briefing in Honoluly on August 9, 2011.
The briefing was attended by Hawaii leaders from government, business and civil society in key positions to help Hawaii build a green economy for the future. Organized by Hawaii Green Growth and the Global Island Partnership, the briefing provided an opportunity to learn about U.S. priorities to promote green growth with APEC partners and to explore opportunities for Hawaiʻi to engage in this national and international agenda.
