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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Local2030 Islands Network <info@islands2030.org>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center">The U.S. Announces Support for Islands-led Global Initiative for Climate Solutions <o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Islands Leading the Transition Toward a Green, Resilient, and Equitable Future<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the<a href="https://islands2030.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aeed4f69de6a5a4afe2ea235e&id=e9c3b32890&e=3b84b29e52"><span style="color:#007C89">
Local2030 Islands Network</span></a> during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by U.S. President Biden last week. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> "The (U.S.) Department of State, NOAA, and Department of Energy are supporting the Local2030 Islands Network, an innovative and peer-to-peer network that
connects U.S. islands with our fellow islands around the world on local solutions and common challenges." U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The Local2030 Islands Network serves as a central resource for island-led solutions and links islands in new ways to address sustainability, climate change, and clean energy issues.
The U.S. support of the network emphasizes the important role that U.S. islands, such as Hawai'i, Guam, and Puerto Rico, can play in surfacing solutions and working with other islands as peers. Other members and partners of the network include the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Bonaire, Ireland, Curacao, and the UN Foundation. <br>
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<a href="https://islands2030.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aeed4f69de6a5a4afe2ea235e&id=ac0f2a6b39&e=3b84b29e52" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Press Release </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to accelerate our progress for a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future.” </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Governor of Guam</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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culturally informed solutions that build island resilience in food, water, and energy systems.”</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
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we'll work with all partners, from the Caribbean to the Pacific, to craft climate action strategies that center their cultures and their own development challenges."
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and peer exchange across islands on pathways, policies, and technical solutions for scaling up clean energy adoption. These island clean energy transitions will drive inclusive economic growth, improve resilience to climate change, and serve as models for
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Celebrating the Micronesia Challenge<br>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On the eve of Earth Day, this event celebrated 15 years of progress and impact towards the Micronesia Challenge commitment to effectively conserve at least 30% of
near-shore marine resources and 20% of the terrestrial resources across the Micronesia region by 2020. It reflected on bright spots and lessons learned in order to create momentum for the locally-led, regionally connected Micronesia Challenge 2030 commitments
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">“We have some incredible progress led by our people to make an impact. However, the work of the challenge is not yet
finished. We will continue to embed the lessons and build on our successes and brights spots as we move into the next decade of action...As a leader in SDG implementation, we are very excited to be a member of the Local2030 Island Network and take the best
of what our islands are doing to the rest of the world.”</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">“Our partnership and cooperation among each other has been the hallmark of our success, and the Marshall Islands looks
forward to building on that success with increased ambition and unswerving commitment to our 2030 Micronesia Challenge Goals...In the spirit of partnership, we also look forward to learning from the recent success of the Guam and Hawai‘i Green Growth Initiatives.
And in that same spirit, I am pleased to announce that the RMI will be joining the Local2030 Islands Network."</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
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Established in 2006, the Micronesia Challenge was the first of its kind and inspired similar regional island commitments in the Caribbean Challenge Initiative and Hawai‘i’s very own Aloha+ Challenge. We applaud the leaders of Micronesia for their action and
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administrations is a major accomplishment. It shows us that island partnership and conservation efforts are leading the world in implementing solutions to address our climate crisis.”
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