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After a successful Coastal Hazard Management Short Course held in 2013 with more than 40 participants from local government, industry and universities, we are delighted to bring you ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2014
United Nations University–Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) is pleased to announce a postgraduate course on renewable energy.  The University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR) – for ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2014
MPOWERD TM has partnered with New Course to implement a “Give Light” campaign for the company’s micro solar-powered lantern, Luci. Luci lights are available for purchase at discounted rates for donation ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2014
21 November 2013: The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), co-led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Risø Centre and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
29 November 2013: The Third Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has concluded with a call on the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
The Pacific RISA Social Network Analysis project is pleased to announce the release of our network mapping tools! These tools can be used identify strengths and gaps in professional ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
14 January 2014: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) on the third part of its ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
This online course will develop participants' understanding of the climate change policy framework by building an appreciation of the science, causes and impacts of climate change, the history of the ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
The Multi-Country Office (MCO) based in Apia covers four Pacific island countries (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa & Tokelau), and manages regional programmes for 10 additional countries. The new UN programmatic ...
Post Date: 20-Jan-2014
This online course will develop participants' understanding of the climate change policy framework by building an appreciation of the science, causes and impacts of climate change, the history of the ...
Post Date: 17-Jan-2014
Owing to anthropogenic emissions, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide could almost double between 2006 and 2100 according to business- as- usual carbon dioxide emission scenarios(1). Because the ocean absorbs carbon ...
Post Date: 17-Jan-2014
Disease-resistant banana varieties for food security in the Pacific region   Friday 13th  December 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) – Suva   ...
Post Date: 20-Dec-2013
Welcome Incorporated in 1985, the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and ...
Post Date: 17-Dec-2013
SCI Foundation Matching Grants   The SCI Foundation is proud to extend our reach across the globe in order to help fund wildlife conservation and research projects. Through our ...
Post Date: 17-Dec-2013
Pacific-German Regional Programme on Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tanna Island Council of Chiefs in Vanuatu Release Declaration ...
Post Date: 17-Dec-2013
Dear Climate-L Readers, A MOOC (Not a Moose) Is Coming on January 27, 2014! We are very pleased to announce the World Bank's first Massive Open Online Course ...
Post Date: 11-Dec-2013
A team in Vanuatu consisting of local landowners, Live & Learn staff, and staff from the Vanuatu Department of Forestry, have begun planting the country’s first REDD+ agroforestry pilot plot. ...
Post Date: 11-Dec-2013
I like to let you know the catch of first Diamondback squid in Vanuatu made by the effort of Dept. of Fisheries and Grace of the Sea project team in ...
Post Date: 10-Dec-2013
Public Notice (in English, French and Bislama) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONSULTATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR VANUATU GPOBA GRID-BASED ELECTRICITY ACCESS PROJECT The Department of Energy plans ...
Post Date: 06-Dec-2013
Remote Communities in Vanuatu’s Shepherd Group undertake Food Solar Drying for Climate Change Adaptation   From the 21 November to 3 ...
Post Date: 06-Dec-2013
Dear All,   Capacity Development Programme for Pacific Island States (CD Pacific) course has been extended till December 5, 2013. The CD Pacific course aims to strengthen ...
Post Date: 05-Dec-2013
Are you worried about climate change and natural hazards? What are you doing about it? With the postgraduate programmes we offer in climate change, you can make a difference! ...
Post Date: 05-Dec-2013
The GEF Project Development Specialist will lead two GEF project development processes to a successful conclusion: one in Solomon Islands and one in Vanuatu. The consultant’s main task will be ...
Post Date: 05-Dec-2013
4 December 2013 – Port Vila 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 ...
Post Date: 05-Dec-2013
“We can only make change if we start now, using resources within our own capacity and initiative as individuals showing that we care”   Within the past two weeks, a ...
Post Date: 05-Dec-2013