Our Work
S4S Fiji Ltd provides a range of services tailored to your specific requirements. We pride ourselves on providing world-leading cutting-edge research and policy support in the field of low carbon sea transport transition. Examples of our recent and current work include:
Strategic planning and policy advice
- University of the South Pacific – including the Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development’s Strategic Plan and Annual Report
- Korea Maritime Institute – strategic advice for Pacific Islands region for renewable energy and low carbon technologies research
Low carbon shipping research and education
- International Renewable Energy Agency – Renewable Energy Options for Shipping: Technology Brief (2015)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development – Sustainable Freight Transport Toolkit: Sustainable Shipping (Pacific Case Study)
- The University of the South Pacific – development and delivery of undergraduate courses in sea transport, ports and shipping, and Sustainable Sea Transport Talanoa (international conference) for the Pacific
Data collection and analysis
- Clean Air Asia – transport data collection for 15 Pacific Island Countries for Asian Development Bank including detailed data collection in PNG, Timor Leste and Fiji
Independent evaluation assessment and reporting
- University of Southern California – review of NZ MFAT aid for sea transport projects in Vanuatu
Proposal development, project design and management
- The University of the South Pacific – various including EU EDF maritime projects for the Pacific region, USAID climate ready, and development and delivery of MOOC on Climate Change and the Pacific Islands
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – Transitioning to Low Carbon Sea Transport in the Marshall Islands proposal with Government of RMI, USP and Hochschule Emden Leer
Recent Publications
- Newell, A., Nuttall, P., Prasad, B., and Veitayaki, J. 2016. Turning the tide: the need for sustainable sea transport in the Pacific Marine Policy DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.01.009. In press.
- Newell, A., Nuttall, P. and Holland, E. Sustainable Sea Transport for the Pacific Islands: The Obvious Way Forward Science Brief for Global Sustainable Development Report 2015, United Nations, New York.
- Newell, A. and Bola, A. 2015. The Solodamu Surveys: determining fossil fuel use and sea transport need in a coastal village in Fiji Front. Mar. Sci., 20 August 2015 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00059
- Nuttall, P., Newell, A., Bola, A., et al. 2014. Policy and financing - why is sea transport currently invisible in the search for a low carbon future for Pacific Island Countries? Front. Mar. Sci., 15 July 2014, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00020
- Nuttall, P., Newell, A., Prasad, B., Veitayaki, J., and Holland, E. 2014. A Review of sustainable sea transport for Oceania: Providing context for renewable energy shipping for the Pacific Marine Policy, 43:283-287