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Vanuatu is one of the six countries that were selected as pilot project countries for the SPC/USAID project titled “Vegetation and land cover mapping and improving food security for building resilience to a changing climate in Pacific island …
Progress to date and current activities: C-CAP mobilized to the region in November 2012, working primarily to establish its headquarters office in Port Moresby, and satellite office in Suva; hire staff; and finalize work plans in consultation with …
Via a series of public events, technical training, participatory meetings, and engagement of the media and civil society, the PMU aims to: 1. Increase the UNFCCC negotiating and representation capacity of Vanuatu at the national and international …
Outline key project components Awareness raising / background work; this will involve seeking support from key ministries, establishing contacts, hiring a local project assistant, arranging venues, logistics and contacting participants. Conducting focus …
PEBACC is a five year project funded by the German Government, implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to explore and promote ecosystem-based options for adapting to climate change. The overall intended outcome …
Assist in the application of technology to improve understanding of effectiveness of climate change policy and activity in the country in line with the review of climate change policy underway. Assist with understanding opportunites for feeding this work …
To engage high school students in the production of innovative and targeted media content on climate change awareness, through a combination of media and climate science training, mentoring and production assistance (including local universities, …
ArtTEK Tanna: Nainé Resilient Societies Center consists of two separate programs with differing objectives and implementation strategies. Program A: TEK & Tech Youth Champions is the subject of this brief. It encompasses youth outreach and community …
According to the UN World Risk Report (2012) Vanuatu has the highest disaster risk index of any country in the world. Its location on the Pacific “ring of fire” gives it exposure to frequent seismological hazards such as volcanic eruption, earthquake and …
Component 1: Institutional Strengthening for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management ($3.15m). This component builds on the planned establishment of the National Advisory Board for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change (NAB). The project would …
The Cloud Nasara Pacific Climate Animation Project aims to increase awareness of the science and impacts of climate variability in the Pacific, and to provoke discussion around how communities can take ‘low regrets’ actions to prepare for future El Niño …
Vanuatu's Ministry of Agricuture Risk and Resilience Unit: Cyclone Pam is the most powerful cyclone to ever hit the Southern Pacific. On 13th March 2015, it strengthened to a Category 5 storm over the y-shaped chain of islands which make up Vanuatu. …
The Government of Vanuatu proposes to make available, through local private utilities (UNELCO and VUI), a one-off subsidy to assist low-income households to connect to the existing electricity grid concession areas in Port Vila, Tanna, Malekula and …
Vanuatu has reformed its UNFCCC engagement approach since 2012, greatly expanding the caliber and capacity of its delegation to annual Conferences of the Parties, as well as opening the negotiation process to a wide group of stakeholders from Government …
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 pilot competition worked with only a handful of schools, but this year’s 2013 …
In 2015, The Republic of Vanuatu undertook a program of activities in order to prepare for and effectively negotiate for a new climate change treaty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the 21st Conference of the …
The ‘Coping with climate change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR)’ programme aims to strengthen the capacities of Pacific member countries and regional organisations to cope with the impacts of climate change. The programme is funded by the government …
For the second year in a row, Vanuatu has undertaken a climate change focused education program called Climate Zone. Climate Zone is styled as a televised educational “game show” wherein students in year 11 from all 6 provinces in Vanuatu compete to …
Introduction to the EU-GIZ ACSE Programme Climate change is already disproportionally affecting the islands of the Pacific. Although Pacific islanders have done little to contribute to the cause producing less than 0.03 per cent of current global …
Tourism represents a significant econoomic activity in the Pacific. It is one of the largest export sectors in the majority of the nations of the Pacific and provides great opportunties for economic growth, employment, and sustainable development. Tourism …