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This year Vanuatu’s Fest Napuan music festival became the mouthpiece for climate change resilience in the Pacific. The extra-special 20th Anniversary of the Fest Napuan included daily events focused on ...
Post Date: 10-Nov-2015
“Don’t walk into the future backwards,” warned Katty Napwatt, Torba Province’s charismatic Secretary General, referring to plans that only look at past experiences without strategic forward planning for the future. ...
Post Date: 06-Nov-2015
Vanuatu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and disaster risks. The island nationexperiences cyclones, storm surges, landslides, flooding and droughts, which may ...
Post Date: 30-Oct-2015
Vanuatu embarks on its preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference with a technical training for Delegates
21 October 2015 – Today Vanuatu wrapped up its first technical training for the entire delegation that will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris ...
Post Date: 23-Oct-2015
Lord Mayor Ulrich Sumptoh, Ministry of Climate Change Director General Jotham Napat and Shefa Provincial Government Secretary General Michel Kalworai are spearheading a reinvigorated effort to plan for climate change ...
Post Date: 22-Oct-2015
‘Vanuatu is expected to have 2 to 6 Tropical Cyclones (TC) in 2015/2016 cyclone season. The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazard Department (VMGD) appeals to the general public to prepare for ...
Post Date: 19-Oct-2015
The Republic of Vanuatu submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) ...
Post Date: 02-Oct-2015
Armenia, Cabo Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam Submit INDCs 29 September 2015: The UNFCCC Secretariat has reported that Vanuatu, Armenia, Cabo Verde, Kyrgyzstan and ...
Post Date: 02-Oct-2015
Anglican Overseas Aid and Anglican Board of Mission are jointly funding a DRM Mentor to work with our partner in Vanuatu to build their capacity to respond effectively to emergency responses in the ...
Post Date: 21-Sep-2015
The Government of Vanuatu is committed to build and equip over Vt52 million worth of Provincial Disaster Centers for Torba and Tafea provinces as part of its continued efforts to ...
Post Date: 19-Sep-2015
CHA Media Release Suva, Fiji | 14 September 2015 The United Nations is urging Pacific Islanders and their governments to prepare now for a looming El Niño ...
Post Date: 17-Sep-2015
Natural Disasters and UNDP MDG Carbon have issued the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) on Rural Electrification in Vanuatu. The overall target of the NAMA is to support Vanuatu in ...
Post Date: 15-Sep-2015
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Communications Officer The PEBACC CO position exists to: Develop and disseminate communications products to promote ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in the Pacific Island Region as ...
Post Date: 09-Sep-2015
Please find attach a Crown of Thorn Star Fish (COTs) Flyer prepared after some work conducted in Vanuatu by Fisheries Department in Collaboration with IRD Scientist in Noumea. After ...
Post Date: 01-Sep-2015
26 Aug 2015 Call for consultancy proposals for the Joint Peer Evaluation Consultancy – Tropical ...
Post Date: 30-Aug-2015
USP launches free Online Climate Change mini Course Climate Change is an issue that affects almost all aspects of living in the Pacific Islands and adapting and preparing for ...
Post Date: 28-Aug-2015
Advisor (m//f) on Sustainable Energy JOB-ID: 23352 Field of activity Sustainable livelihoods have a high priority for Pacific Island communities and governments alike. They are central to current development policies ...
Post Date: 28-Aug-2015
The Climate Division of the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD) is now confirming: El Niño is now well established with all ENSO indicators pointing to a mature El Niño ...
Post Date: 28-Aug-2015
The Government of Vanuatu has again assisted local communities with over Vt12 million worth of Sawmills as part of its effort to response, recovery and reconstruction efforts to its people ...
Post Date: 28-Aug-2015
Vanuatu’s First Community-to-Community Resource Management & Climate Change Solution Exchange Event Underway at Nguna-Pele
27 August 2015 This week, Vanuatu’s Nguna-Pele Marine and Land Protected Area Network is hosting a first-of-its kind community-to-community exchange on climate change adaptation and natural resource management. Pulling together ...
Post Date: 26-Aug-2015
Occupy Vanuatu! Vegetable Market Climate Protest Against New Global Coal 18 August 2015 Today in Port Vila over 200 people, including youth and secondary school students, ...
Post Date: 19-Aug-2015
Terms of Reference Position Title: Gender & Social Inclusion Officer - Pacific Risk Resilience Programme Location: Live & Learn Office, Erakor House, Port Vila, Shefa Province Reports to: Country ...
Post Date: 17-Aug-2015
Are you keen to use your communications and project quality skills in a complex development environment? Live & Learn, a dynamic and rapidly growing regional environmental NGO, is seeking an ...
Post Date: 17-Aug-2015
Planti pipal long Vanuatu husat ibin lusim planti samting blong ol taem cyclone Pam ibin hamarim kantri nau igat ol samting blong mekim wok long gaden, na ol farms ...
Post Date: 17-Aug-2015
lETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF KIRIBATI Your Excellency, On behalf of the Govemment and the people of Kiribati, allow me to begin by sharing with you all our traditional blessing ...
Post Date: 17-Aug-2015