Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat

Excelling together towards a progressive and prosperous Melanesia

Publications
& Reports

Publications & Reports

MSG 2038 Prosperity for all Plan

The MSG 2038 Prosperity for All Plan, (i.e. this document) was formulated by a Group of experienced and highly qualified Eminent Persons appointed by their respective Governments to review MSG’s performance since the establishment of the organization in 1988 by carrying out Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis, conduct stakeholder consultations, and using tests such the market test, subsidiary test and sovereignty test to define priorities, developing common objective interests (COI) and mapping out a new Vision, direction and Plan for the MSG to 2038.

Alternative Indicators of Well-being for Melanesia

In 2006, the UK-based New Economics Foundation published The Happy Planet Index: An index of human well-being and environmental impact in which countries were ranked in relation to three indicators of well-being: life satisfaction, life expectancy, and ecological footprint. These three indicators were chosen by the Foundation to represent the ecological efficiency of delivering human well-being within the constraints of equitable and responsible resource consumption. The report declared Vanuatu to be the “happiest country in the world…”

Melanesian Spearhead Group Climate Finance Strategy 2019 - 2021

The Melanesian Spearhead Group’s needsbased
climate finance strategy is an important first step in carefully analysing the finance landscape in the subregion and exploring traditional and innovative financing options,
both public and private, for supporting regional climate mitigation and adaptation action implemented at the national level.

The Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat is delighted to partner with the UNFCCC secretariat in implementing this project…

Frame Work for action on Environment, Climate Change & Sustainable Development

The threats of man-made environmental degradation, over-exploitation and depletion of natural resources and the impacts of climate change are very real and if not addressed adequately the natural resources will be lost forever in a very short period of time.

Climate change is happening now, with new weather patterns and sea level rise already being experienced…