In advance of the Pacific Island Country Summit, the Local2030 Islands Network convened the second in-person high-level meeting on September 21, 2022, co-chaired by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Palau Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Gustav N. Aitaro, and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77). The co-hosts opened the meeting by outlining a shared vision for the Network to be a forum for candid dialogue and concrete action by its members to advance progress and island leadership on shared 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

On April 12, 2022, the Local2030 Islands Network convened for the first in person high-level meeting co-chaired by Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on the occasion of the Our Oceans Conference 2022. The Local2030 Islands Network is the world's first island-led peer-to-peer network that brings together a diverse set of island economies, including nations, states, provinces and communities from around the world to achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…