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19 October, 2021. Following the adoption of the PCREEE’s Business Plan, the PCREEE’s sustainable mobility programme was presented to a Transportation Stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop at Nukuálofa on 19 October.

Based on Tonga’s NDC (2015), the highest GHG emitting sector is the transport sector (40%) followed by the electricity sector (23%), agriculture (21%), waste (11%) and others (5%). Transport and the electricity sector which are the biggest consumers of fossil fuel in the country and therefore  account for more than a half of the country’s GHG emission.  

• Government commits $1.3 billion over four years to support countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change
• At least 50 percent of funding will go to the Pacific as it adapts to the impacts of climate change
• The increase means New Zealand now meets its fair share of global climate funding