This Plan covers all dimensions of development – economy, social, environment and governance. In terms of the economy, the Plan identifies strategies to catalyse economic growth and build greater resilience, among others through diversification of the economy, moving up the value chain, promoting greater participation of the private sector in the economy and increasing the contribution of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The Plan sets out to enhance the social wellbeing of the Fijian people by alleviating poverty and providing better quality of education, housing, healthcare and transport as well as increasing access to clean water, electrification, sanitation and the development of our rural and outer islands. The Plan also puts in place policies and strategies to conserve our environment and strengthen resilience to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.
Examples of climate-related policies in this Plan are:
- Implement vulnerability assessments, and climate change and natural hazards impact projections in infrastructure and urban planning;
- Build resilient communities through disaster risk management on the impacts of climate change in iTaukei communities;
- Improve resilience of energy infrastructure to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters;
- Operationalise the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage; and
- Reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels and gradually decarbonise the transport sector.
