Introduction and Background
Vanuatu’s engagement with the United Nations (UN) Rio Conventions1 is a strategic commitment to shape global rules, secure finance and technology, and build partnerships that advance national resilience and sustainable development.

Republic of Vanuatu’s First Biennial Transparency Report (FBTR)

Under the Vanuatu’s First Biennial Transparency Report to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Submitted by: Ministry of Climate Change, Republic of Vanuatu

Executive summary

Welcome to our readers to this fourth edition of the NAB Secretariat newsletter. This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on the Secretariat’s activities in coordinating The United Nations Framework of Conventions for Climate Change (UNFCCC)  and the Conference of the parties COP27 that was hosted in “Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt.

Klaemet & Osen Aotluk long Mei 2023
VMGD I pablisem Klaemet mo Osen Aotluk evri manis blong
apdetem pablik mo ol sekta long ol klaemet kondisen, olsem:
● El Niño Southern Oscillation (El Niño-La Niña saekol);
● Renfol;
● Maximum mo minimum atmosferik tempretja;
● Si sefes tempretja;
● Si levol raes;
● Coral blijing;
● Ol taed mo fes blong mun.
 

The Effectiveness of Formal and Traditional Learning about Climate and Disaster Resilience in Vanuatu

by Charles Andrew Evan Pierce

Welcome is the third edition of the NAB Secretariat newsletter. This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on the Secretariat’s activities in coordinating climate change and disaster risk reduction related programs and initiative aiming at strengthening and increasing the resilience of our people and communities to the issues affecting them as a result of climate change and natural disasters.

Welcome is the second edition of the NAB Secretariat newsletter. This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on the Secretariat’s activities in coordinating climate change and disaster risk reduction related programs and initiative aiming at strengthening and increasing the resilience of our people and communities to the issues affecting them as a result of climate change and natural disasters.

World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on November 21. The annual event recognises the importance of our fisheries whether it’s coastal or offshore. Additionally, it is a call for restoration of some of our degraded ecosystems that support important fisheries. One of which is seagrass. Seagrass is an important blue carbon ecosystem providing ecosystem goods and services such as carbon storage, shoreline protection, food security, tourism revenue and water quality. It is a highly efficient carbon sink, storing up to 18 per cent of the world’s oceanic carbon.

The development of the Vanuatu Vehicle Emission Standards Policy Brief is a joint effort led by the Government of Vanuatu through the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology & Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, with technical support from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and inputs from various key stakeholders in Vanuatu.

This document provides policy recommendations and an implementation timeline for the introduction of vehicle emission standards in Vanuatu. The absence of local car manufacturing industry and quality requirements for newly imported vehicles risks Vanuatu becoming a dumping ground for inefficient and polluting vehicles. This makes the adoption of vehicle emission standards a viable first step. The proposed approach suggests restricting the import of older, high-polluting vehicles without requiring additional testing equipment or new procedures for roadworthiness inspections.

 The Vanuatu Klaetmet Infomesen Blong Ready, Adapt mo Protekt (Van-KIRAP) Project is developing and delivering climate data, information,decision support tools and associated knowledge products in the form of climate inofrmation services to raise climate awareness and guide decision-making for a range of key stakeholders in Vanuatu.

The climate information services are relevent services are relevant across multiple time scales including current and future climate, and relate to five priority sectors: infrastructure, water, agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.

The Project Profile for the  - "Support to the Acceleration of Sustainable Land Transport and the Introduction of Electric Mobility in Vanuatu"

 The Project Profile for this Project - "Restoring and Protecting Biodiversity, Coastal Landscapes and Climate Change Resilience through Nature Based Solutions, Women and Youth Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu."

Long yia ia 2023, Dipatmen blong Klaemet Jenj I stap long aelan blong Ambae long Penama provins blong hostem annual event blong Climate Change mass kampen awareness abaot wok blong em wetem ol patna blong em...evriwan long Penama Province I welkam blong join long ol activiti we bambae i happen long taem ia ..

Long yia ia 2023, Dipatmen blong Klaemet Jenj I stap long aelan blong Ambae long Penama provins blong hostem annual event blong Climate Change mass kampen awareness abaot wok blong em wetem ol patna blong em...evriwan long Penama Province I welkam blong join long ol activiti we bambae i happen long taem ia ..

 The Department of climate Change in its fourth year of organizing the National event to provide awareness program and activities to our communities, schools, and their people with issues around the impacts of climate change.The Department will be carrying out Climate Change various activities from Wednesday11 th to Friday   13th October 2023 on the island of AMbae in Penama Province. Therefore a Climate Change school activities  will be held targeting  primary and Secondary schools, with amazing prizes- DoCC kindly invites submissions from schools around