Following five years with the Climate Change Mitigation & Risk Reduction programme at the International Union for Conservation of Nature Oceania Regional Office, Andrew Irvin has joined the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport as Project Officer for the Cerulean Project, which represents a joint effort by USP and Swire Shipping Co. to devise a suitable route for a new class of low-carbon shipping vessel to sustainably provide shipping services to underserved outer island communities between Fiji and RMI. Andrew brings to MCST a range of experience managing renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, and resource management projects in coordination with regional and international development partners. He has completed post-graduate and Masters studies in Climate Change with USP’s Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD). He is based in Suva, Fiji, where he has lived with his family for the past seven years.