Mr Solomone Fifita is currently the Manager of the Pacific Community’s Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE). He is the former Energy Planner for the Kingdom of Tonga. He has served as Chief Technical Adviser, Project Manager and Team Leader for major regional energy and climate change projects for the Pacific Islands. He was the head of the Regional Energy Programme, housed at the Pacific Community in Suva, Fiji. He also was a lead author in the IPCC’s Special Report on Renewable Energy, the IPCC’s special report on the 1.5oC Mitigation Pathway and the IPCC’s 5th & 6th Assessment Reports and a Lead Reviewer of Annex 1 Parties’ National Communications under the UNFCCC. Solomone has more than 25 years of working experience in the energy sector of the Pacific Islands and holds a Master of Science in Energy Planning and Policy.