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This week the Government of Vanuatu, in partnership with GIZ climate change, has concluded the first ever program to link rural tourism operators with renewable energy technologies.  Twenty-nine island bungalows ...
Post Date: 26-Aug-2016
Maximum funding limit for the Ausaid Map CBA fund follows the normal GEF SGP funding modality of maximum of grant per Grantee to 50,000USD.  Concepts calls for this ending 15th ...
Post Date: 24-Aug-2016
Hugely successful Efate CSO Consultation on Climate Change and REDD+ held last week at the Epule Village. The Secretariat wishes to extend its gratitude to those presenters who took their ...
Post Date: 23-Aug-2016
Vanuatu now has a national framework for climate services.It was developed by the Ministry of Climate Change with assistance from the Secretariat of thePacific Environment Programme (SPREP), World ...
Post Date: 17-Aug-2016
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai visited NIWA’s Wellington campus this week, as part of his first official visit to New Zealand. Mr Salwai, and a delegation of officials, were at ...
Post Date: 12-Aug-2016
National Leaders, Governments Send Mix of Signals on Paris Agreement Implementation 18 July 2016: As focus turns towards national implementation of the ...
Post Date: 27-Jul-2016
LEDS GP Fellowship Program – more information    [Translate] Please see below for more information on our Fellowship Program, including selection criteria, Terms and Conditions, and how to ...
Post Date: 23-Jun-2016
The National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) is implementing a UNFCCC engagement program in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference of the ...
Post Date: 26-Apr-2016
This week, the Ministry of Agriculture and SHEFA province are holding El Nino drought preparation workshops for over 100 community representatives from each village on the islands of Nguna, Pele ...
Post Date: 17-Feb-2016
The project will employ a full time VCAP Technical Coordinator. The Technical Coordinator - Upland will be based with the Department of Agriculture to support implementation of the project activities ...
Post Date: 30-Dec-2015
The project will employ a full time VCAP Technical Coordinator - Infrastructure. He/she will be based with the Department of Public Works to support implementation of the project activities associated ...
Post Date: 30-Dec-2015
The VCAp project wishes to employ a full time VCAP Technical Coordinator. The Technical Coordinator - VMGD will be based with the Department of Vanuatu Meteorological and Geo-Hazard to support ...
Post Date: 30-Dec-2015
Chemonics International seeks a Vanuatu Country Manager for the anticipated USAID-funded Pacific Adaptation Program (READY). The Country Manager will be the primary point of contact for the project in Vanuatu ...
Post Date: 29-Dec-2015
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
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
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
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
VANUATU HOLDS FIRST UNFCCC   MOCK CLIMATE NEGOTIATION IN THE PACIFIC   Vanuatu’s first ever Youth Climate Summit took place in Port Vila on 13 August 2015, attended by ...
Post Date: 16-Aug-2015
5 June, Port Vila, Vanuatu – On World Environment Day this year, the Government of Vanuatu and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) signed a milestone Host ...
Post Date: 08-Jun-2015
4 June, Port Vila, Vanuatu - Vanuatu broadcasters and media came together with the National Disaster Management Office, and the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazard Department to plan and prepare their Climate ...
Post Date: 05-Jun-2015
The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu this week launched US$3.6 million grant towards the Readiness preparation phase of the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degraded forests or the REDD+ ...
Post Date: 28-May-2015
The Government of Vanuatu through the Ministry of Climate Change and Natural Disasters with the leadership and partnership of the Department of Forestry this week has conducted a two-day inception ...
Post Date: 28-May-2015
12 May 2015, Apia, Samoa, PCCR - Samoa is well on its way of meeting it’s 100 per cent goals on renewable energy by 2017, its Prime Minister Honourable Tuilaepa ...
Post Date: 13-May-2015
12 May 2015, Apia, Samoa, PCCR - Over 200 delegates have come together for the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable in Samoa this week to share lessons learnt from implementing the ...
Post Date: 13-May-2015
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Post Date: 24-Mar-2015