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In March, an unprecedented twin category 4 and 5 cyclones and an earthquake devasted Vanuatu again in just 48 hours. Couple of days later, acid rain from volcanic activity left ...
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the ...
Post Date: 12-May-2023
The Caretaker Minister of Climate Change, Silas Bule, said the newly launched Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy (CCDRR) will build Vanuatu’s resilience and support the sustainable development of ...
Post Date: 05-Sep-2022
The NAB Secretariat is organizing a Portal Training and awareness workshop today Thursday 21st July, at the Grand Hotel. The objective of the training is to get governmental services ITs, PRO and ...
Post Date: 21-Jul-2022
The Building Resilience and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Vanuatu (BRAVE) project was recently kicked off with orientation meetings with the leaders of Penama Provincial Government, 3 Area Councils and their 19 ...
Post Date: 19-Jul-2022
The Secretariat to the National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) in Vanuatu successfully conducted a Portal Training today at the Melanesian Hotel in Port Vila. ...
Post Date: 19-Jul-2022
An 8-member Vanuatu delegation has joined other countries in Germany to discuss the earth’s future, which is currently being threatened by climate change. The Bonn Climate Change Conference which started ...
Post Date: 09-Jun-2022
32nd Board meeting held in Antigua and Barbuda sees adoption of private sector strategy, enhanced simplified approval process and GCF Programming Dialogue for ...
Post Date: 24-May-2022
2 July 2021 - Santo Island, Vanuatu The women of remote Western Santo are demonstrating sustainable livelihoods through an environment-focused locally led gender empowerment program. Now one year and three ...
Post Date: 05-Jul-2021
The Vanuatu Metabolic Analysis Report has been released in January 2021. This analysis of circular economy opportunities for Vanuatu seeks to help reduce the waste flow of imported materials, while ...
Post Date: 27-Jan-2021
‘GGGI delivers second capacity building training for the MoCC on accreditation to the Green Climate Fund’
On Friday, 23 October 2020, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) delivered the second in a series of capacity building trainings for the Government of Vanuatu on accreditation to the ...
Post Date: 04-Nov-2020
Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department Opens new Call Center for national meteorological and geo-hazards Warning services.
The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) is launching the new Call Center aimed at boosting public access to its warning services in Vanuatu. The Call Center is established in ...
Post Date: 01-Apr-2020
30 May - 6 June 2018, SingaporeSponsorship available for up to 20 Action4SD Members Action4SD is delighted to be a partner for the upcoming UNLEASH SDG Innovation Lab which will convene 1,000 cross-sectoral leaders, under ...
Post Date: 09-Feb-2018
On 01 February 2018, the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) launched the call for its secondCompetition of Project Ideas. Governments, municipalities, actors from civil society, science and educational institutions as well ...
Post Date: 05-Feb-2018
On 30 January, over thirty participants from the Government, Civil Society, Private Sector, and Development Partners were trained in the usage of the website of the National Advisory Board on ...
Post Date: 30-Jan-2018
2 November 2017 - In a significant achievement for the South Pacific nation of Fiji, the Fiji Development Bank (FDB) was among five new partner organizations which received accreditation as Direct ...
Post Date: 16-Jan-2018
Songdo, 23 October 2017 – The Green Climate Fund has signed a funding agreement with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) improving Pacific islands’ ability to deal with climate-induced ...
Post Date: 24-Oct-2017
A Media and Stakeholder Workshop was held on the 3rd‐7th of July at the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) at the Ministry of Climate Change. The 4-day workshop aims ...
Post Date: 31-Jul-2017
A USD55 million project aimed to improve management of environmental data and information kicked off this month. The project ‘CB2/Cross Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD)’ is supported by the UNDP, ...
Post Date: 31-Jul-2017
(Nadi, Fiji) Climate Change and Finance government representatives from eight Pacific Island countries meet this week to discuss climate change finance. These discussions have the overarching goal to assist the ...
Post Date: 13-Jul-2017
The NDC Partnership recently launched the first comprehensive online platform focused specifically on resources that help countries implement their national climate commitments (Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs). The NDC Toolbox Navigator (beta) is a searchable ...
Post Date: 16-May-2017
The Economics of Climate Change Adaptation programme was launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Adapt Asia-Pacific Project, the Asian Development Bank, the ...
Post Date: 11-May-2017
16 November 2016, UNFCCC COP22, Marrakech, Morocco - The integrated approach to building resilient communities is well documented in the Pacific region. However, more efforts still need to be made ...
Post Date: 17-Nov-2016
Today is a special day for this government; it marks the end of three yearsof drafting, re-drafting and consulting on Vanuatu’s next 15-year National Sustainable Development Plan. You have ...
Post Date: 17-Nov-2016
PRESS RELEASE Date: 22 September, 2016 SPREP launches new guidelines for environmental impact assessment New guidelines for environmental impact assessment (EIA) were launched at the twenty-seventh annual ...
Post Date: 23-Sep-2016