WEBVTT 00:00:02.990 --> 00:00:04.990 Hello M SI S committee. Welcome back for our final presentation. We are ST 00:00:07.669 --> 00:00:10.806 Neville's green growth and we'll be sharing about how islands are rising 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:15.347 up together to tackle climate change with you today. As always, our group 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:23.380 consists of Hayley Campbell, Lael K and myself, Tammy. We 00:00:25.658 --> 00:00:29.137 islands are among the most impact paced groups to climate change due to 00:00:29.170 --> 00:00:33.315 geography dependence on vulnerable ocean ecosystems, limited resource 00:00:33.348 --> 00:00:36.875 availability, nature dependent economies and other physical and economic 00:00:36.908 --> 00:00:40.746 characteristics. Current and future climate risks include sea level rise, 00:00:40.779 --> 00:00:44.585 increasing frequency and severity of tropical cyclones, increasing air and 00:00:44.618 --> 00:00:48.195 sea temperatures and changing rainfall patterns. These impacts result in 00:00:48.228 --> 00:00:51.746 the degradation of freshwater resources, flooding of coastal areas, 00:00:51.779 --> 00:00:55.467 reduction in food yields, increased coral bleaching, loss of human life 00:00:55.500 --> 00:01:01.527 and biodiversity and damage to infrastructure and among others. 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.686 Due to the smaller scale and local limitations on resources, islands are 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:08.316 better better able to understand how human and natural influences affect 00:01:08.349 --> 00:01:11.876 resource availability and adapt accordingly. For example, in Hawaii, 00:01:11.909 --> 00:01:16.316 Malama, Aa taking care of the land and waters that feed them as a guiding 00:01:16.349 --> 00:01:19.701 principle in their way of life, which has informed how they have been 00:01:19.734 --> 00:01:23.290 autonomously responding to natural disasters for hundreds of years. 00:01:23.323 --> 00:01:26.352 Ultimately, our project recognized that because island economies and 00:01:26.385 --> 00:01:30.581 Islanders have experienced adapting to a scarcity of resources and threats 00:01:30.614 --> 00:01:34.132 from natural disasters. They are best positioned to help the Island Earth 00:01:34.165 --> 00:01:38.111 navigate towards a more sustainable future and serve as a community of 00:01:38.144 --> 00:01:43.706 practice for implementing the sustainable development goals. 00:01:43.739 --> 00:01:47.266 While islands are leading adaptation efforts, they continue to struggle by 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:51.477 financial political and technical capacity as well as in identifying ways 00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:55.016 to measure impacts. In recognition of these challenges. The local 2030 00:01:55.049 --> 00:01:58.406 islands network seeks to bring islands together to support each other in 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:02.555 building these capacities through promoting the design and implementation 00:02:02.588 --> 00:02:06.956 of Island led green growth initiatives. Green growth means fostering 00:02:06.989 --> 00:02:11.047 economic growth and in development while ensuring that natural assets 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.106 continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our 00:02:15.139 --> 00:02:19.017 well being relies. Creating a green growth initiative offers an 00:02:19.050 --> 00:02:22.696 opportunity to understand how climate change is impacting islands and what 00:02:22.729 --> 00:02:25.916 island communities need to thrive in a changing in the world. As such a 00:02:25.949 --> 00:02:29.876 green growth initiative encourages Islands to design an action framework 00:02:29.909 --> 00:02:33.525 in partnership with community leaders to spearhead locally and culturally 00:02:33.558 --> 00:02:39.469 relevant solutions for implementing the SDGS and tackling climate change. 00:02:39.469 --> 00:02:42.356 Our project seeks to amplify best practices of islands that are 00:02:42.389 --> 00:02:45.305 collaboratively working with their communities to promote sustainable 00:02:45.338 --> 00:02:48.585 development and adapt to climate change while leading the way in measuring 00:02:48.618 --> 00:02:52.106 progress on the SDGS. As I just mentioned, one way Islands can develop a 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:56.255 collaborative strategy for implementing the SDGS is through designing a 00:02:56.288 --> 00:02:59.677 green growth initiative. Specifically, this project details the process. 00:02:59.710 --> 00:03:03.396 Island leaders from existing green growth initiatives in Hawaii, Guam and 00:03:03.429 --> 00:03:07.475 Tasmania used to launch their efforts and combines key findings into a 00:03:07.508 --> 00:03:11.327 framework for other islands to use in creating green growth initiatives 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:15.186 that fit their local needs. 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:19.475 To achieve our goal of amplifying green growth efforts. We chose to create 00:03:19.508 --> 00:03:23.446 an evidence-based locally relevant and culturally informed framework that 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:28.495 is easily adaptable, adaptable and applicable. An adaptable framework will 00:03:28.528 --> 00:03:31.856 enable islands to create a unique green growth initiative that fits their 00:03:31.889 --> 00:03:35.267 islands needs while promoting and networking and knowledge sharing across 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:40.376 island communities. In designing our framework, we look to the un roadmap 00:03:40.409 --> 00:03:44.555 for localizing and implementing the SDGS. We chose to model our framework 00:03:44.588 --> 00:03:47.886 after this road map because it combines a series of processes for 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:52.207 localizing the SDGS with international examples, which is how we plan to 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:55.995 display our findings from an island context. We studied green growth 00:03:56.028 --> 00:03:59.177 initiatives as case studies through interviewing 10 green growth leaders 00:03:59.210 --> 00:04:03.495 from Hawaii, Guam and Tasmania. Working with case studies enabled us to 00:04:03.528 --> 00:04:07.566 collect a variety of experiences, assumptions, opinions and outcomes from 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.686 different islands in a real life setting. While examining sustainability 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:14.327 practices within specific cultural environmental and social circumstances 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:20.205 , we then analyzed our interviews using SWAT analysis in order to uncover 00:04:20.238 --> 00:04:23.616 opportunities and risks of green growth initiatives not previously 00:04:23.649 --> 00:04:27.786 identified, an aid in repositioning islands to its high performance by 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:31.645 capitalizing on their strengths. Each of these tools were instrumental in 00:04:31.678 --> 00:04:35.846 helping us to produce an island specific framework for localizing the SDGS 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.046 to support islands in adapting to climate change and building an equitable 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.116 future. 00:04:41.149 --> 00:04:45.036 Through interviewing green growth leaders of Hawaii, Guam and Tasmania, we 00:04:45.069 --> 00:04:48.007 uncovered how their experiences shaped the development of their respective 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:52.317 green growth initiatives. First, the significance of high level catalyzing 00:04:52.350 --> 00:04:55.796 events for fostering political will such as the un global agenda 00:04:55.829 --> 00:05:00.197 conference and increasing community buy in for green growth initiative. 00:05:00.230 --> 00:05:03.036 Second, the importance of collaborating with community members such as 00:05:03.069 --> 00:05:07.226 the Polynesian Voyage Societies, the University of Guam and Kame Ha may 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:10.526 have schools to be involved in designing the priorities and focusing 00:05:10.559 --> 00:05:14.366 efforts on what really matters. Third, we learned that to enhance trust 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.637 among stakeholders, it is vital, a Nongovernmental organization 00:05:17.670 --> 00:05:21.067 facilitates and meets the design and implementation processes of the Green 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:25.567 Growth initiative. Lastly, the act of naming is a symbolic ceremony. The 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:28.645 name is the first thing community members and island leaders from around 00:05:28.678 --> 00:05:32.205 the world will see as such. The name should be something that defines the 00:05:32.238 --> 00:05:36.046 goals of the initiative and delivers a strong first impression to empower 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:40.145 stakeholders to dedicate their time and effort to the initiative. In 00:05:40.178 --> 00:05:43.236 addition to the key findings for the final deliverable, we learned that it 00:05:43.269 --> 00:05:47.377 is the face to face or I guess screen to screen interaction that is most 00:05:47.410 --> 00:05:50.687 valuable even though we had to follow up with some interviewees after our 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:54.286 scheduled time, it was very important. We make a verbal and visual 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.786 connection with our stakeholders as conversations and oral sharing our 00:05:57.819 --> 00:06:01.575 integral and island connections. Overall, the interviews were our favorite 00:06:01.608 --> 00:06:04.265 part of this project because we were able to capture the nuance and 00:06:04.298 --> 00:06:08.245 complexities from the very people who were a part of it all, especially in 00:06:08.278 --> 00:06:11.205 these times of COVID having conversations with knowledgeable and 00:06:11.238 --> 00:06:15.515 empowering people was refreshing and beneficial, not just for our analysis 00:06:15.548 --> 00:06:18.757 purposes but for fostering authentic relationships with their project 00:06:18.790 --> 00:06:21.895 partners. 00:06:21.928 --> 00:06:24.627 Using the 10 interviews and background knowledge gained from our 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:28.586 conversations with the local 2030 islands network. Our team achieved our 00:06:28.619 --> 00:06:32.555 goal of designing a locally relevant culturally informed green growth 00:06:32.588 --> 00:06:36.526 framework. The framework is 30 pages long and begins by sharing the 00:06:36.559 --> 00:06:40.366 background behind the development of green growth as a strategy for 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:44.877 implementing the STGS and adapting to climate change on islands 00:06:44.910 --> 00:06:48.586 specifically, this includes how a partnership with the global Island 00:06:48.619 --> 00:06:53.106 partnership grew into Hawaii green growth and now the local 2030 islands 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:57.467 network and what influenced Hawaii Guam and Tasmania to take on the 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:01.336 challenge of launching green growth initiatives. We follow the story with 00:07:01.369 --> 00:07:05.426 a detailed explanation of what green growth is in order to set the stage 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:09.467 for sharing the four design principles and 16 priority action 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:13.395 recommendations that make up the framework, the four design principles 00:07:13.428 --> 00:07:17.757 which are aligned with those of our project partner include identifying 00:07:17.790 --> 00:07:21.687 diverse leaders, participants and partners, strengthening long term 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.817 political leadership and community support. Designing an action framework 00:07:25.850 --> 00:07:30.637 for a localized green growth initiative and measuring and tracking SDG 00:07:30.670 --> 00:07:34.836 progress. Each design principle has a set of priority action 00:07:34.869 --> 00:07:39.476 recommendations but that were recommended by island leaders for existing 00:07:39.509 --> 00:07:43.437 initiatives as tools for ensuring the successful creation of an action 00:07:43.470 --> 00:07:47.627 framework for green growth initiative. As you can see on the screen here, 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:52.015 each action item contains a description of the implementation process. Key 00:07:52.048 --> 00:07:56.305 insights from island leaders on that specific action exemplar actions from 00:07:56.338 --> 00:08:00.745 Hawaii Guam and Tasmania to serve as an example of what implementing that 00:08:00.778 --> 00:08:05.656 action item might look like and possible barriers based on what challenges 00:08:05.689 --> 00:08:10.406 island leaders faced with suggested solutions for overcoming them. The 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:14.955 framework concludes with a couple of pages of advice from island leaders. 00:08:14.988 --> 00:08:17.955 We found this section to be the most integral part of the final 00:08:17.988 --> 00:08:21.745 deliverable because it shares specific tips and experiences from island 00:08:21.778 --> 00:08:25.567 leaders for being successful. A few of the important pieces of advice 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:30.356 include building trust among stakeholders by establishing norms early on 00:08:30.389 --> 00:08:34.866 and validating everyone's contributions, not being afraid to be different 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:39.096 and only focusing on the stgs that work for the island leaders at that 00:08:39.129 --> 00:08:43.846 time. And listening to the community often and early on in the development 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:47.356 process. 00:08:47.389 --> 00:08:50.986 While we were successful, we did have to make some changes. In addition to 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:54.157 conducting interviews, we had hoped to distribute survey questioners to 00:08:54.190 --> 00:08:57.586 build support for our ideas and plan to share a draft of the framework 00:08:57.619 --> 00:09:00.866 with other island leaders. Unfortunately, we were not able to receive 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:04.895 approval from HGG to distribute surveys. We also found in our interviews 00:09:04.928 --> 00:09:08.246 that Tasmanian way was still in the process of building their coalition. 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.816 So we agreed that it would not be appropriate timing to distribute the 00:09:10.849 --> 00:09:14.866 surveys. We were not able to attain feedback on our framework from other 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:18.586 islands due to concerns from our project partner over not wanting to give 00:09:18.619 --> 00:09:22.076 the wrong idea that the framework has been completely vetted and is ready 00:09:22.109 --> 00:09:26.015 to send out as a result of both the lack of surveys and feedback from 00:09:26.048 --> 00:09:29.217 islands who have yet to design a green with initiative, we were not able 00:09:29.250 --> 00:09:33.096 to build the efficacy of our framework. Nevertheless, the process followed 00:09:33.129 --> 00:09:36.736 by the Three Islands is supported by the United Nations Organization for 00:09:36.769 --> 00:09:40.765 Economic Cooperations and Development and GL A members which does provide 00:09:40.798 --> 00:09:44.816 us with some level of, of efficacy and support for the ideas presented in 00:09:44.849 --> 00:09:49.125 our final framework. Lastly, we did face some communication issues with 00:09:49.158 --> 00:09:53.336 our project partners in terms of obtaining feedback and adhering to agreed 00:09:53.369 --> 00:09:56.986 upon meeting times. However, these challenges did not hold us back from 00:09:57.019 --> 00:10:00.547 creating our deliverables as we were able to adapt and build confidence in 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:05.275 our own sustainability knowledge to move forward. 00:10:05.308 --> 00:10:08.515 We definitely learned a lot in this process in regards to what we could 00:10:08.548 --> 00:10:11.986 have done differently. Having more specific interview questions would have 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:15.505 helped us to refine the exemplary actions included in the framework 00:10:15.538 --> 00:10:20.297 allowing us to save time on trying to obtain information via email, post 00:10:20.330 --> 00:10:24.427 interview. Second, within our internal group, we learn how to strengthen 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:27.726 our communication, which contributed to our confidence in ourselves, to 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:31.885 apply and articulate our sustainability knowledge. We know we all have, 00:10:31.918 --> 00:10:34.417 thirdly, we spent a lot of time establishing an internal code of 00:10:34.450 --> 00:10:37.657 collaboration. We did not prioritize the code of collaboration with our 00:10:37.690 --> 00:10:40.895 project partner which would have mitigated our organizational 00:10:40.928 --> 00:10:44.576 communication challenges. This experience taught us that without a formal 00:10:44.609 --> 00:10:47.736 agreement, setting a calendar invite may not be strong enough to ensure 00:10:47.769 --> 00:10:51.696 meetings are upheld. Additionally, a formal agreement outlining the 00:10:51.729 --> 00:10:54.297 timeline and needs of our team throughout the semester may have made it 00:10:54.330 --> 00:10:58.917 easier to push our partners to provide their feedback in a timely manner. 00:10:58.950 --> 00:11:02.807 Lastly, everyone has a hope that they will contribute to immediate change. 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:06.417 But this project confirmed that the best inability solutions take time. 00:11:06.450 --> 00:11:09.346 It will take time for the local 2030 island network to be in a place where 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:11.976 they feel confident, sharing the framework and have the capacity to 00:11:12.009 --> 00:11:15.996 support islands 100% in utilizing the recommendations. While there is not 00:11:16.029 --> 00:11:19.135 currently a significant change in islands adaptive capacity to climate 00:11:19.168 --> 00:11:24.547 impacts as a result of our efforts nor increase in action on the SDGS. We 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:27.255 are confident that these changes will occur in the future. When the 00:11:27.288 --> 00:11:31.667 framework is distributed 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:34.885 at this point, you're probably wondering where our final framework is 00:11:34.918 --> 00:11:39.255 going while it will not be sent on to islands right away. It will be used 00:11:39.288 --> 00:11:43.265 as an internal document for the local 2030 Islands network. This is 00:11:43.298 --> 00:11:46.625 because the organization is still new and trying to figure out its path 00:11:46.658 --> 00:11:49.927 forward and the framework needs a bit of flair in terms of political 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:54.917 technicalities. For now, the local 2030 Islands network will require all 00:11:54.950 --> 00:11:58.307 incoming staff members to read the framework and use it to shape a long 00:11:58.340 --> 00:12:02.456 term strategy for helping islands implement green growth initiatives. The 00:12:02.489 --> 00:12:06.145 local 2030 Islands network did inform us however, they still plan to share 00:12:06.178 --> 00:12:10.255 a framework with islands in the future. While the local 2030 Islands 00:12:10.288 --> 00:12:13.645 network is not in a place to share the framework quite yet, we do have a 00:12:13.678 --> 00:12:17.375 few recommendations for the future. First, we recommend our clients share 00:12:17.408 --> 00:12:20.797 the framework with the steering committee members to gain feedback and set 00:12:20.830 --> 00:12:24.385 the stage for a path forward. Second, we recommend that our project 00:12:24.418 --> 00:12:28.246 partner build out the implementation process in the framework. As more 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:32.275 islands implement green growth initiatives, we suggest this process to be 00:12:32.308 --> 00:12:35.986 done through interviews as we found the conversations we had with island 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:39.787 leaders to be the most valuable resource for collecting good practices and 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:44.417 key insights to include. Lastly, due to their strong intent on launching a 00:12:44.450 --> 00:12:48.385 green growth initiative. We also recommend that the local 2030 islands 00:12:48.418 --> 00:12:52.255 network launch a pilot run of the framework with Puerto Rico green growth 00:12:52.288 --> 00:12:56.895 , Tasmania way and Denay green growth to determine if the proposed 00:12:56.928 --> 00:13:00.895 recommendations are effective. 00:13:00.928 --> 00:13:03.967 We would like to take this time to acknowledge and thank all of the 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.456 amazing wise and inspirational island leaders who contributed to our 00:13:07.489 --> 00:13:11.525 project. Without their insights and willingness to share their stories. We 00:13:11.558 --> 00:13:17.005 would not have been able to produce our final deliverable 00:13:17.038 --> 00:13:19.907 through learning from the lived experiences of island leaders taking 00:13:19.940 --> 00:13:23.086 charge on designing green growth initiatives. Our team was able to 00:13:23.119 --> 00:13:26.297 successfully achieve our goal of creating a green growth framework for 00:13:26.330 --> 00:13:29.927 islands. As confirmed by interviews with island leaders, the proposed 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:34.275 framework recognizes and prioritizes indigenous island experiences and 00:13:34.308 --> 00:13:37.456 knowledge that has driven island sustainability and adaptation for 00:13:37.489 --> 00:13:41.217 centuries. We are thrilled with how our final deliverable turned out and 00:13:41.250 --> 00:13:45.025 are excited to see how the local 2030 Islands network builds off of it in 00:13:45.058 --> 00:13:49.609 the future. Thank you so much for listening to our presentation.