At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) that met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives called for a strengthened institutional framework for sustainable development that can respond coherently and effectively to current and future challenges, that integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced manner, is inclusive, transparent and effective, strengthens coherence and coordination, and finds common solutions to global challenges related to sustainable development. 

At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) that met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives called for a strengthened institutional framework for sustainable development that can respond coherently and effectively to current and future challenges, that integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced manner, is inclusive, transparent and effective, strengthens coherence and coordination, and finds common solutions to global challenges related to sustainable development.

The PIDF is the Pacific’s most inclusive and highest participatory South-South platform for action on the Green Economy. It is a bold attempt to address the issues of sustainable development through a structured and inclusive approach. The Conference also recognized the green economy as a tool to achieve sustainable development. The key elements of the strengthened institutional framework include regional and sub-regional organisations that prioritize sustainable. Given its whole of Society and multi-stakeholder format and its focus on a balanced integration of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development through the green economy the PIDF will be the Pacific’s link to the HLPF processes envisaged under Rio+20.