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Vanuatu’s Year 11 secondary school students have demonstrated their climate change expertise in Vanuatu’s first national Climate Zone Championship competition. In 2012, a pilot competition worked with only a handful of schools, but this year’s 2013 …
The project will use a Climate Risk Management Framework to analyse economic and environmental data to determine the climate risk posed, the costs of these risks and possible adaptation options. A Cost Benefit Analysis will be used to develop priority …
The Pacific Risk Resilience programme (PRRP) will focus on strengthening governance mechanisms for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) at the sub-national and local levels. The goal of the programme is: to strengthen the …
The Vanuatu Carbon Sydicate is the interim body seeking NAB endorsement. It comprises Samson Busai, Ephraim Songi and other, with funding being arranged by Jim Batty of Summit Estate …
Results are expected in the following areas: R1 - Effective preparedness, response and recovery: responds to the need for national and regional response plans, end-to-end Early Warning Systems (EWS), emergency and evacuation centres, access to safe …
The project consists mainly of workshops and meetings to strengthen the existing Technical Committee for REDD+. Some outreach will also take place for stakeholders in Port Vila not yet involved in REDD+ but who have a role to play. This will include …
The goverment of Vanautu,will organize a Climate Zone Quiz on an anual basis, building on the success and generated intrest of the previous years. The annual Quiz will be facillitated by the Vanuatu Ministry of Education, USP Vanuatu, the Vanuatu …
The Project will contribute to the expansion & development of the Vanuatu Organic Industry and increase the organic famers ‘income’.The project will assist in providing the necessary organization/extension/marketing service support in order to increase …
There is a significant body of research being conducted examining the role of Kastom. As this project is focusing on legal frameworks it will build on existing projects. Key components involve a literature review and conducting a series of interviews. …
This project aims to utilize, share, store and manage data and information generated through other climate change and DRR projects implemented in Vanuatu. Similarly it plans to train the “knowledge management officer” intended to sit within the …
The project builds on a survey of over 800 individual agricultural locations on the island conducted by Matthew Spriggs in 1978-80 and also on an ongoing project of the Nasaukaea Council of Chiefs of Aneityum, funded from the USA, in teaching traditional …
Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change: Master’s Degree Program in Environmental Policy and Law We are now accepting applications for the Master's Degree Program in Environmental Policy and Law. This is a multidisciplinary two-year program …
Upcoming courses The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) offers online courses on Multilateral Diplomacy. These courses are targeted to diplomats and government officials who are involved …
GCCA–Vanuatu consists of two separate components with differing objectives and implementation modes. Component A – the subject of this brief – covers the enhancement of policy development on and institutional strengthening of climate change in Vanuatu. …
The resources provided by this project will strengthen the NAB and assist the Government to conduct thorough hazard and risk assessment in the urban areas and use the data to inform national land use planning policies including the design of a tsunami …
Emergency Management (4 Weeks) By- Massey University Begins on- 5 January, 2015 Learn the concepts, principles and practice of Emergency Management through real-world case studies. This course will take you on a journey through contemporary risk-based …
Dear UN CC:Learners, If you are particularly interested on the subject of climate change adaptation, you might want to take a look at this free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) presented by University of Geneva (UNIGE) and National Adaptation Planning …
NAB Secretariat
I am pleased to present the Annual Development Report (ADR) of the Vanuatu Government for the year 2010. This report provides information on the progress of the implementation of national development priorities and major Government policies as expressed …