ISLE-PACT

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The ISLE-PACT project is an initiative of 12 groups of European island authorities aiming to achieve the following goals:

• Achieve an overall objective of more than 20% CO2 emissions reduction by 2020.
• Demonstrate their political commitment to EU sustainable energy objectives by signing a binding declaration, the Pact of Islands, undertaking to put programmes, actions and investments in place to help achieve the overal¬l objective of the project.
• Develop Island Sustainable Energy Action Plans (ISEAPs) as the means by which they will achieve the overall target of the project.
• Develop methodologies and tools that will allow them to monitor progress of implementation of ISEAPs as well as track progress in reducing CO2 emissions to the desirable levels by 2020.
• Assess environmental and socio-economic factors, as they may affect and influence the implementation of ISEAPs.
• Produce a pipeline of priority bankable projects that will be used as the means to implement the ISEAPs and achieve targets.
• Propose a number of financing tools and mechanisms that will provide the financial resources needed by investors to implement the bankable projects.
• Launch a strong information dissemination campagn with the view to disseminate the results and achievements of the project to the largest possible number of people and increase the level of awareness in islands’ efforts to contribute in the fight against climate change.

In the framework of this project islands will work in close cooperation with their national or regional governments, since the integration of programs and projects are linked with the broader effort for national and Community energy sustainability.

The duration of the project is 30 months starting from 1 January 2010.

External links

• ISLE-PACT home page
• ISLENET 2010 Newsletter, ISLE-PACT - The Pact of Islands, February 2010. PDF
• ISLENET home page