News

This is an update event news from the recent CCDRR policy awareness with the Shefa PTAC on the 23rd of August
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
14 September 2023, Port Vila – Pacific delegations are always on the backfoot when attending negotiations of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
Post Date: 15-Sep-2023
Vanuatu is taking global warming seriously as it pledges carbon net zero emissions by 2050 in its new strategy plan, despite doing the least to contribute to global ...
Post Date: 07-Dec-2022
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 University of the South Pacific (USP) through its Pacific Technical and Further Education (Pacific TAFE)’s ECCE program helped upskill 189 Early Childhood Teachers between 2020 to 2021. Thirty-one (31) ...
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
  From June 27 to July 1, a high-level delegation from Vanuatu made waves at the 2nd United Nations Oceans Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal. The ocean is critical for ...
Post Date: 14-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
Strengthening climate change awareness in Vanuatu is at the core of a one day training for national media and communications officers in Port Vila today. This comes a week before ...
Post Date: 06-Oct-2020
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the 2019 J. William Fulbright Graduate Scholarship Program for citizens of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The scholarship pays for up ...
Post Date: 29-Mar-2018
Please refer to this website for more information. The New Zealand Aid Programme offers scholarships to people from Vanuatu who are motivated to make a difference at home. Applications ...
Post Date: 27-Feb-2018
The online ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Initiatives’ e-Course from the World Bank Group is back again in its facilitated version. The course is free of cost and will ...
Post Date: 19-Oct-2017
A professional Massive Open Online Course on off-grid electricity access is starting at the end of October! The course adopts a unique multidisciplinary perspective to develop innovative mindsets and cross ...
Post Date: 12-Oct-2017
Are you interested in learning how to incorporate the concept of resilience into your work? Do you want to promote an integrated approach to social and ecological sustainability? Do you ...
Post Date: 10-Oct-2017
Enrolment is now open for the Environmental Justice MOOC (a free online course) run by the University of East Anglia and Future Learn. Why join the course?This free online ...
Post Date: 26-Sep-2017
Scholarship will be taken at the Laucala Campus in Fiji. Eligibility: In order to take up scholarship applicants must: Apply by the due date and provide all required documents; Submit ...
Post Date: 18-Sep-2017
A six-week course in partnership with UNITAR begins November 13, features leading global experts on climate change 13 September 2017 – ‘National Adaptation Plans: Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture’ is the ...
Post Date: 18-Sep-2017
The Asian Institute of Technology is calling applications for the Training Programme on Managing Project Preparation for Climate Change Adaptation. Organiser: Asian Institute of Technology in co-operation with United Nations Development ...
Post Date: 09-Aug-2017
Port Vila - On 3 August, the Ministry of Education and Training, in partnership with the Ministry of Climate Change and through the Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT) produced its ...
Post Date: 07-Aug-2017
The Young Water Fellowship Program aims to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by ...
Post Date: 11-Jul-2017
After the launch of English version two months ago, the Specialized e-Learning Module on Children and Climate Change, developed by UN CC:Learn and UNICEF, is now available in French and Spanish! ...
Post Date: 07-Jul-2017
The toolkit provides indispensable guidance covering: Things to know before applying: The toolkit provides an overview of the amount and type of funding available along with the role of the ...
Post Date: 06-Jul-2017
USP will be hosting its first-ever Climate Finance Workshop, a join initiative between the USAID's Adapt and Climate Ready Projects. Drawing on the 6-years experience of the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific ...
Post Date: 17-Jun-2017
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! The ...
Post Date: 13-Jun-2017
Are you ready to help bring Laudato Si to life in your community? Laudato Si Animators will promote the Laudato Si message to help turn it into action in their local ...
Post Date: 05-Jun-2017