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Farmers, foresters, and fishermen from across the country, the government, and stakeholders are convening on Malekula for the third National Week of Agriculture (NWA), which opened yesterday. “Strengthening a sustainable resilient ...
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
‘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
Officers working in the traditional knowledge component of a project to make ">climate information better, relevant, ...
Post Date: 07-Feb-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
The Ministry of Climate Change in Vanuatu held a two-day workshop from 22 to 23 October this week to gather inputs from stakeholders towards the development of the national quantifiable ...
Post Date: 23-Oct-2020
The National COVID19 Advisory Team at the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is putting together a detailed repatriation plan for the return of all Vanuatu citizens stranded overseas due to ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
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
Vanuatu will join the world to celebrate the World Water Day and World Meteorology Day this year from Monday 23 to Tuesday 24 March in Luganville, Santo. This year’s joint ...
Post Date: 18-Mar-2020
GCF has introduced a new application process for smaller-scale projects or programmes: Do you have a project that is ready for scaling up, and has the potential for transformation to ...
Post Date: 27-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
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
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
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
On our way to a remote forest village on Tanna, an island in the Tafea province of Vanuatu, we stop at Lenakel to buy water.  In the local creole, Bislama, ...
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
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
Ministry of Agriculture Program helping Nguna, Pele & Emao farmers prepare for La Nina We’ve all heard about and seen the effects of El Nino on Vanuatu’s food security this ...
Post Date: 19-Jul-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
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
The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu has assisted local communities with Vt32 million worth of agriculture tools as part of its response, recovery and reconstruction efforts to its people ...
Post Date: 03-Aug-2015
NEWS RELEASE 23 February 2015   Weathering food and nutrition security in the Pacific   The Regional Expert Roundtable on Climate Services for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security opened ...
Post Date: 26-Feb-2015