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The Vanuatu Meteo and Geo-Hazards Division together with the Project Management Unit (PMU) have launched the new weather focasting system that was acquired last year. This new weather system was implemented by the Meteo France International (MFI), a …
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 project, which specializes in assisting with the …
On 27 January 2017, the Lonamilo community on Tanna celebrated the opening of a new USAID funded evacuation centre with a delegation from Port Vila. The delegation to the USAID Coastal Community Adaptation Project (C-CAP) inauguration ceremony included …
Last year and this year saw the installation of tsunami warning systems around Port Vila and Luganville. These activities were possible through the Japan-funded project MDRR (Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction) that recognises Vanuatu as a vulnrable …
From 20-24 March, the National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) hosted a series of events on climate finance at the Ministry of Climate Change in Port Vila. The agenda builds on various national, regional, and …
The Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project (VREP) Phase 2 is expected to benefit another 8,950 rural households. Early this month, the Department of Energy has secured US$14.1 miillion Funding for VREP Phase 2 from SREP, New Zealand Government and World …
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has developed three guidelines to assist the nation during emergency evacuations: the Evacuation Selection and Assessment Guidelines, the Operation and Management of Evacuation Site Guidelines, and the …
Ni Sa Bula, We would like to open nominations for vacant PICAN board positions in accordance with the new PICAN Board Guiding Principles and Terms of Reference. We currently need 2-3 more board members, if possible reflecting the balance and composition …
The Conference Organising Committee warmly invites you attend a multidisciplinary conference examining the barriers to responding to climate change, implementing climate justice, and proposing ways forward to be held 8-9 February 2018 in Hobart, …
GIZ is organising a tilapia fish training in relation to Climate Change. The participant holds together interested tilapia farmers around efate and also other interested …
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 key actors involved, such as National Designated Authorities, …
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! This specialized module aims to raise awareness and …
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 offering them an intensive training …
(Nadi, Fiji) Climate Change and Finance government representatives from eight Pacific Island countries meet this week to discuss climate change finance. These discussions have the overarching goal to assist the present countries with accessing climate …
The Peace Boat “Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador Programme” was announced at the Ocean Conference in June, 2017. To be held in collaboration with Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the programme will bring youth leaders from states on the front line …
A detailed report (called the ' MACBIO Vanuatu Marine Ecosystem Services Valuation ') assessing the relatively known, and sometimes hidden values of Vanuatu’s ocean has been provided to the Vanuatu Government. A Senior Officer from the Marine and Costal …
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 to build capacity of the VMGD Climate Officers, raise awareness of …
Two officers from the Climate Division took part in a two-week trip to Tanna to collect and verify traditional indicators on weather and climate for VMGD’s Traditional Knowledge (TK) Project. The TK project aims to preserve traditional seasonal …
The Ministry of Climate Change launched 9 tsunami sirens on its Port Vila compound on the 3 rd of August. The government of Japan through the World Bank funded the 3-year project known as Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (MDRR) that aims to identify …
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, Global Environmental Fund and implemented by the …