25/03/2026
What does climate entrepreneurship look like in Fiji?
Sometimes, it looks like a village.
Sometimes, it looks like culture, community, and local resources being turned into livelihoods.
One of the most powerful parts of hosting ClimateLaunchpad international trainer, Israel Griol Barres (🇪🇦🇪🇦), in Fiji was taking him beyond the workshop room and into the field — to Dakuinaroba Bamboo Park - Namosi — where he experienced firsthand the journey of an indigenous entrepreneur Petero Saunivalu who had once gone through an accelerator program, the Fiji Enterprise Engine (2024) and is now building a community-based enterprise rooted in place, people, and purpose.
As shared by our National Lead, Palinda Erasito Kaitu'u one of the biggest takeaways was seeing how one entrepreneur’s decision to invest in himself has now created ripple effects across his wider community — sharing skills, generating income, creating opportunity, and helping people see the value in the resources they already have.
This is what makes Pacific innovation so unique.
In our region, green entrepreneurship is not always high-tech or urban-based.
Sometimes it is deeply local, community-owned, culturally grounded, and shaped by the realities of rural, remote, and maritime island life.
And that is exactly why platforms like Climate Launchpad matter.
Because the next climate solution might not just come from a startup hub — it could come from a village, a women’s group, a youth-led idea, a farmer, a fisher, or a community enterprise ready to grow.
🌱 Applications for Climate Launchpad 2026 are now open.
If you have a green business idea or climate solution with the potential to create impact, this is your chance to launch and scale it.
