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The National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) through its Secretariat the Project Management Unit (PMU) has started the provincial stakeholders’ workshops in the provinces over three months beginning April 2 to June 30, …
COTs SWAT Report #11 Sat 27 Apr 2013 Having visited Moso Island and Lelepa Island in the past 2 weekends to determine dispersion of COTs along the seaward coastlines, it was now time for us to return to the Paul's Rock seamount area to …
Bonn, April 29, 2013 . Inaugurating its first negotiation session, as the new chair of the group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Mr. Prakash Mathema from Nepal, urges Parties to show leadership to achieve real and substantial progress on the …
Dear Colleagues, The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), are pleased to announce a series of Pacific …
Emergency call to all conservation-minded resident scuba divers in Port Vila to help reduce COTs numbers in the Paul's Rock area, NWest Efate. As most of you are aware, the past few years have seen a large-scale spawning of Crown-of-Thorns starfish …
COTs SWAT Report #12 : control program underway in Northwest Efate Island; plus use of liveaboards & COTs injection system on GBR. The last few weeks of May have been relatively busy with COTs culling in the NorthWest Efate area and in trying to …
Abstract: Understanding the challenge that climate change poses and crafting appropriate adaptation and mitigation mechanisms requires input from the breadth of the natural and social sciences. Anthropology's in-depth fieldwork methodology, long …
Participants from the different Government Ministries, electricity utility companies, private sectors, solar retailers and Non-government Organisations have benefited from a national capacity building workshop on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) …
The word ‘climate change’ (CC) is now becoming a well-known phrase throughout our communities today, and it has also gained a lot of attention from the national government with regards to the coordination and implementation of real on-ground projects …
The Vanuatu Fisheries Department, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), AusAID GIZ, and Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction are supporting and have held a 2-day workshop this week on Thursday 30 th and …
A new animated film that integrates climate science and disaster preparedness – The Pacific Adventures of the Climate Crab – has been launched at the Pacific Meteorological Council in Nadi, Fiji. This animation is an exciting new tool to raise awareness …
COTs SWAT Report # 13 : for June 2013. ..... Hi Olgeta, With June's fine weather, we have taken the opportunity to catch up with painting preparations on our trimaran and gave the COTs a small break to regather their forces in the Survivor …
Twenty-four participants from eight Christian Churches and organizations learnt to run ‘Joj blong yumi I help long taem blong disasta’ workshops this week. The workshop covered twelve key topics including the role of the Church in disaster management, …
With respect to the science of climate change , many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world’s authoritative institution. A draft summary of its forthcoming report was leaked last week . It describes the panel’s growing …
The Climate Change Unit under the Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Geo hazards and Energy in collaboration with Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the project: Regional Technical Assistance 7394 on Strengthening the Capacity of Pacific …
Contact Florence Le Paulmier. To provide an update of all DRR materials developed in 2012. …
Climate change is one of the greatest barriers to sustainable development for small island countries, says Ministry of Foreign Affairs director Political Treaties Esala Nayasi. Mr Nayasi said the adverse effects of climate change is a security threat to …
World governments must get used to the idea of leaving fossil fuel reserves in the ground unexploited and unburned, one of the world's most senior diplomats has said, ahead of a landmark report on climate science to be unveiled this Friday by the …
The National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) with support from the Pacific Risk Resilience (PRR) programme organized a one-day inception workshop for a nation-wide the Risk Governance Assessment in Vanuatu. The objective …
25 September 2013 (Port Vila, Vanuatu) – The National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) with support from the Pacific Risk Resilience (PRR) programme organized a one-day inception workshop for a nation-wide the Risk …