Jean Didier Hache, Executive Secretary CPMR Islands Commission, the Moderator of the Round Table discussion and from left to right: Ioannis Glynos, Mayor of Andros and President of DAFNI, the Aegean islands network for sustainability, Ilias Efthymiopoulos, Director of DAFNI, Adam Szolyak, DG ENER, European Commission, John Stuebler, Project Officer, DG ENER, Angus Campbell, Leader of the Council of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Marcel Meijer, Deputy Mayor of Samso, Kyriakos Hatzitofis, Mayor of Aghios Athanasios, Cyprus and Savvas Vlachos, Cyprus Energy Agency.

The Pact of Islands is the political commitment of European Islands to developing Island Sustainable Energy Action Plans (ISEAPs) and identifying Bankable Projects with the aim of meeting or exceeding the EU sustainability targets for the year 2020. The project is led by the Outer Hebrides of Scotland (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) and is co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate General for Energy.

62 Island Authorities from the 11 participating groups of European Islands in ISLE-PACT have already signed the Pact of Islands. 52 ISEAPs produced during the life of the project indicate that the European islands have significant potential to reduce CO2 emission by more than 20% by the year 2020.

The implementation of more than 50 identified Bankable Projects can reduce CO2 emissions by more than 18 million tons per year. This is equivalent to 31% of the emissions of Denmark, a member state that has population equivalent to the population of the European islands.

At this crucial time in the fight against climate change, the European Islands have a key role to play in developing sustainable energy action plans and we hope that you can join us at the Conference to learn from our experience and to plan the way forward to the year 2020 and beyond.

The presentations

  Ioannis Spilanis Ministry of Aegean Sea, Greece

   Kristina Dely Covenant of Mayors

   Vassilia Argyraki Intelligent Energy Europe

  Savvas Vlachos Cyprus Energy Agency

  Derek McKim The Outer Hebrides THE ISLE-PACT Project – Achievements and Future Challenges

  Filipe Oliveira AREAM - ISEAPs and CO2 emissions

  N. Kalogeris N. Zografakis Crete

  L. Bellonias Thirasia Project, Municipality of Santorini

   Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo Canary Islands Institute of Technology