Editing Niue (section)

===Environment===
[[File:Niue Coastline.jpg|thumb|350px|Niue's coastline]]
Niue is attempting to pursue a policy of "[[green growth]]". The Niue Island Organic Farmers Association is currently paving way to a [[Multilateral Environmental Agreement]] (MEA) committed to making Niue the world's first fully [[Organic farming|organic]] nation by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/acp-meas/document/niue-island-organic-farmers-association |title=Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Niue Island Organic Farmers Association |publisher=European Union |access-date=10 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115352/http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/acp-meas/document/niue-island-organic-farmers-association |archive-date=20 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pafpnet.spc.int/attachments/article/776/Niue-Agriculture-Sector-Plan-2015-19.pdf |title=Niue Agriculture Sector Plan 2015–2019 |publisher=Niue Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.organicpasifika.com/poetcom/for-farmers-and-growers/members/niue-island-organic-farmers-association/ |title=Niue Island Organic Farmers Association – PoetCom |website=www.organicpasifika.com |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=9 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004443/http://www.organicpasifika.com/poetcom/for-farmers-and-growers/members/niue-island-organic-farmers-association/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Although Niue currently has one of the highest rates of [[list of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita|greenhouse gas emissions per capita]] in the world,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Simon |title=World carbon emissions: the league table of every country |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2012/jun/21/world-carbon-emissions-league-table-country |access-date=29 January 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 June 2012 |language=en}}</ref> due to the small population, and the fossil fuel based generating capacity of between 833&nbsp;kW to 1MW, with help from the European Union,<ref name="EEAS2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/niue.htm |title=Niue |website=[[European External Action Service]] |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226001636/http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/niue.htm |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPageOverview.aspx?plant=08532994-451b-4b3b-a530-ca48b6ea4537&splang=en-US |title=Niue – Tuila Office Tuila overview |website=Sunnyportal.com |access-date=23 August 2017 }}</ref> Niue aims to use 80% renewable energy by 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Niue/1/Niue%20INDC%20Final.pdf |title=Niue: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions |publisher=[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prdrse4all.spc.int/system/files/niue_strategic_energy_road_map_2015-2025_updated_3.pdf|title=Niue Strategic Energy Road Map 2015–2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/288763/niue-to-embrace-more-solar-and-wind-power |title=Niue to embrace more solar and wind power |date=3 November 2015 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] }}</ref> 

In July 2009, a [[solar panel]] system was installed, injecting about 50&nbsp;kW into the Niue national power grid. This is nominally 6% of the average 833&nbsp;kW electricity production. The solar panels are at [[Niue High School]] (20&nbsp;kW), [[Niue Power Corporation]] office, (1.7&nbsp;kW)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPageOverview.aspx?plant=08532994-451b-4b3b-a530-ca48b6ea4537&splang=en-US |title=Niue – Tuila Office – Tuila overview |publisher=Sunny Portal |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> and the [[Niue Foou Hospital]] (30&nbsp;kW). The EU-funded grid-connected [[photovoltaic system]]s are supplied under the REP-5 programme and were installed recently by the Niue Power Corporation on the roofs of the high school and the power station office and on ground-mounted support structures in front of the hospital. They will be monitored and maintained by the NPC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/niue.htm|title=Achievements for Niue|publisher=The European Commission's Delegation to the Pacific|access-date=31 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226001636/http://www.delfji.ec.europa.eu/en/achievements/niue.htm|archive-date=26 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, two additional solar power installations were added to the Niue national power grid. One was funded under [[PALM5]] of Japan and is located outside the Tuila power station; so far, only this has battery storage. The second power station is under European Union funding; it is located opposite the [[Niue International Airport]] Terminal.

In 2023, the governments of Niue and other island states at risk from climate change ([[Fiji]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Tonga]] and [[Vanuatu]]) launched the "Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific", calling for the phasing out of [[fossil fuel]]s; a "rapid and [[just transition]]" to [[renewable energy]]; and a strengthening of [[environmental law]], including introducing the crime of [[ecocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Six Island Nations Commit to 'Fossil Fuel-Free Pacific,' Demand Global Just Transition |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuel-free-pacific |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.commondreams.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=Port Vila call to phase out fossil fuels |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/486463/port-vila-call-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ligaiula |first=Pita |date=2023-03-17 |title=Port Vila call for a just transition to a fossil fuel free Pacific {{!}} PINA |url=https://pina.com.fj/2023/03/17/port-vila-call-for-a-just-transition-to-a-fossil-fuel-free-pacific/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022, Niue declared its entire [[EEZ]] to be a [[Niue Nukutuluea Multiple-Use Marine Park|marine park]], though enforcement of that declaration would be a challenge. The entire Fisheries Division was reported to have only five staff and there were no locally based patrol boats. Enforcement would depend on stronger support from the [[New Zealand Defence Forces]], though its ability to maintain a continuous presence was limited.<ref name="news_mongabay_com">{{cite web|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/small-island-big-ocean-niue-makes-its-entire-eez-a-marine-park/ |title=Small island, big ocean: Niue makes its entire EEZ a marine park |access-date=22 August 2023 |last=Evans |first=Monica |website=Mongabay |date=3 November 2022}}</ref>