5-Year and 20-Year National Development Plan transparent and accountable governance.8 Effective enforcement of the anti-corruption legal framework will be complemented by Corruption Prevention Risk Reduction (CPRR) Assessments for government ministries and departments and other stakeholders. It will also be supported by annual audits by the Office of the Auditor-General under the accountability framework to maintain the integrity of, and public confidence in, the government’s systems. The management of public records will be enhanced to ensure open and transparent government. This will include support for informed decision-making by improving statistical data-collection and analysis, including the national census, and the preservation of national archives. 2.6 Climate Change Climate change has emerged as a major global challenge threatening biodiversity, livelihoods and human life. Small island developing states are already being adversely affected by the increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters, loss of productive farmland from saltwater intrusion, relocation of communities near coastal regions and substantial financial drain for mitigation and rehabilitation efforts. The whole world faces catastrophic consequences if decisive and collective global action is not taken to reduce carbon emissions, build resilience and adapt to climate change. In this regard, Fiji has been given the opportunity to lead the negotiations on climate change at the COP 23 meeting in Bonn, Germany. The rulebook for practical implementation of the Paris Agreement will be a key agenda for this meeting. 8. Fiji was the first country to ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement on 22 April, 2016, an Agreement dubbed as the world’s greatest diplomatic success. The Agreement, hailed as “historic, durable and ambitious”, generally aims to hold increase in the global average temperature to well below 2oC above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels. Consistent with this objective, Fiji’s goal is to achieve net-zero global GHG emissions by 2050, which reflects the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement to achieve climate neutrality and a low-emission world in the second half of the century. Fiji has submitted near-term targets to address GHG emissions, called “nationally determined contributions” or NDCs, and will review and extend these targets every five years. Furthermore, Fiji will strive to formulate and communicate long-term greenhouse gas emission development strategies, in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 19, of the Paris Agreement, mindful of Article 2 of the Agreement taking into account its common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. As such, Fiji will develop by 2020, mid-century longterm low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, laying out a plan to deeply decarbonize the Fijian economy by 2050. A decarbonized Fiji will be a more attractive Fiji. Such an effort will be key towards eliminating poverty and supporting the achievement of the SDGs. Fiji will continue its stewardship of climate change issues at the local, regional and global level with the plight of small island developing states at the centre of this concern. We will work together with other nations to access climate finance and explore innovative ways of mobilising public and private sector resources for adaptation and mitigation. This includes support for community-based adaptation planning. Information Bill 2016 and Code of Conduct Bill 2016 – currently before Parliament. 16