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Honourable Minister Ham LINI VANUAROROA, MCCA
It is with pleasure that I hereby present the 2016 to 2018 Corporate Plan for the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation (MCCA), Meteorology & Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and National Disaster Management Office.
As the first Minister for the new Ministry when it was created in late 2013, it is with considerable pleasure that I read our new Corporate Plan. As a young Ministry, we have come a long way but we still have so much to do to achieve our Mission and Vision to support Government planning priorities and strategies as defined by the recently approved National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 - 2030.
A Corporate Plan is like a Road Map guiding a traveller along difficult pathways towards a far away and unfamiliar destination. To guide our journey, this Plan provides clear objectives, activities, identifies funding needs, human resources and indicators to track and report both achievements and issues needing resolution.
I look forward to actively support and progress the strategies in the MCCA Corporate Plan.
Introduction by DG Jesse Benjamin, MCCA
The Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation (MCCA) Meteorology and Geo- Hazards, Energy Environment and the National Disasters Management is relatively new. The Council of Ministers (COM number 18/2013), strongly supported the re-alignment of Departments from other Ministries in a new organisation. An examination of the Departments comprising the Ministry makes the purpose of this strategic amalgamation clear – bringing together the key government of Vanuatu agencies with responsibilities for environmental, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction issues.
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Climate Adaptation Methodology for Protected Areas (CAMPA) Coastal and Marine is designed to build the resilience of protected areas and associated ecosystems based on a thorough understanding of their vulnerability to climate change and a participatory agreement on the best ways to respond to these threats. With minor adjustments the methodology could be adapted to terrestrial and freshwater protected areas.
CAMPA does two main things:
• It provides practical and scientifically sound guidance to facilitate climate change vulnerability assessments of coastal and marine protected areas (CMPAs).
• Based on an understanding of that vulnerability, it then facilitates decisionmaking on the most appropriate adaptation actions.
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As part of the preparedness towards any forthcoming disasters and continuous monitoring of the agricultural sector, the RRU in collaboration with FAO and DARD have established an early warning early action system that is run by the Risk and Resilience Unit (RRU) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity (MALFFB) to the agricultural extension officers. The department of agriculture has a total of 45 extension officers that are based on all of the 6 provinces covering almost all the area councils of every island. The early warning early action system is mainly setup as a system monitoring the growth of main carbohydrate crops, vegetables and fruits and also the additional information’s from the officers on any other crops or just any unusual on the agriculture. This report serves to show what is collected from the extension officers and provincial agricultural officers during the seventh round of phone calls and show that if there is a spike in the data, then there would be need of further investigation.
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GCCA–Vanuatu consists of two separate components with differing objectives and implementation modes. Component A – the subject of this brief – covers the enhancement of policy development on and institutional strengthening of climate change in Vanuatu. Component B focuses on increasing resilience to climate change and natural hazards and will be implemented by the World Bank through an Administrative Agreement between the European Commission and World Bank (see separate brief on the IRCCNH project).
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Posters illustrating the impacts pf global warming in the pacific affecting the atmosphere.
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Learning about climate change the Pacific way
A picture based education resource for students, teachers and facilitators.
It introduces Pasifika as an imaginary island that is nowhere but everywhere. Pacific learners and explorers can find local buildings, plants, animals, people and geographical features they can relate to. The guides have been produced for Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu in close partnership with these countries. The information is also relevant to all Pacific Island countries and territories
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This animation is a tool to raise awareness of the science and impacts of El Niño and La Niña and encourage Pacific Islanders to take early action in preparing for these extreme events. The film stars a comical and highly resilient crab and follows her escapades across the Pacific.
The animation is available in two sizes (55MB and 10MB) and comes with a toolkit to help facilitators link the information in the film with smart decision-making and action on the ground. The toolkit contains the Climate Crab Action Handbook (PDF) and Climate Crab slideshow (PPT).
You can view or download the animation and the toolkit via the Pacific Climage Change Science website:
www.pacificclimatechangescience.org/animations/climatecrab/
The animation is also available on YouTube.
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Cartoon illustrating how we should get rid of our rubbish in such a way that won't have environmental impacts.
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Climate Change in the Pacific is a rigorously researched, peer-reviewed scientific assessment of the climate of the western Pacific region. Building on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this two volume publication represents a comprehensive resource on the climate of the Pacific.
VOLUME 1: REGIONAL OVERVIEW
Volume 1 presents an overview of the region: analysis of large-scale climate phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, seasonal variability and past climate trends and further develops regional climate change projections. Download the report from the links below.
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT: VOLUME 1
Climate Change in the Pacific. Scientific Assessment and New Research, Volume 1. Regional Overview [PDF, 20.1MB]
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The Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are a diverse array of countries with widely varying topographies, cultures and economies, fragile natural resource environments, and prosperity, stability, and security that can be compromised by the impacts and consequences of climate change. The Pacific island governments view climate change as a priority issue, especially in terms of its potential impacts on food security, and need clear directions in addressing both issues. This report describes the present state of food security and its contributing factors in the Pacific region, assesses its prospects amid the growing threats and likely impacts of climate change, and presents potential areas for more active assistance, investments, and interventions from ADB and other development partners. While technical and policy measures to ensure food security amid the ensuing climate change are numerous, interrelated, and complex, the successful implementation of programs and projects calls for simple and flexible designs that carefully consider the capabilities of relevant stakeholders at the regional, national, and local levels.
The Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options report includes:
Foreword
Executive Summary
Introduction
Food Security: Current Status and Factors
Climate Change Threats and Impacts on Food Security
Rethinking the Options
Implications for ADB Assistance
References
Appendixes
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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 into specific areas of interest of the government: e.g. data in the agricultural sector (as already examined in Samoa)
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At the first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Berlin in 1995, Atiq
Rahman of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies gave an
impassioned speech to the delegates and warned, “If climate change makes
our country uninhabitable . . . we will march with our wet feet into your
living rooms.”1 Climate change related impacts such as floods, tsunamis,
hurricanes, and drought have already caused millions of people around the
globe to relocate, both temporarily and permanently, within and without
their home countries.2 Never before, however, have climate change related
impacts resulted in the disappearance of a nation and forced its population
to resettle in a foreign country without any possibility of returning to its
homeland. Yet the permanent displacement of a nation due to anthropogenic
climate change may soon become a reality. Despite numerous mitigation
efforts, including building sea walls and planting mangrove trees, rising sea
levels and storm surges have left numerous families on the Carteret Islands
of Papua New Guinea homeless and without adequate food and fresh water
supplies.3 The islands are predicted to be underwater by 2015, earning the
people of the Carterets the notorious distinction as the world’s first climate
“refugees.”
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Erosion is the process where soft shorelines (sand, gravel
or cobble) disappear and land is lost. Erosion generally
comes in two forms; 1) A natural part of the coastal environment
where a soft shore moves and changes in response to
cyclic climatic conditions, and 2) Erosion can be induced by
human interference of natural sand movement and budget
patterns. Erosion can be slow and ongoing over many
years or fast and dramatic following large storm events.
Many erosion problems in the Pacific today, occur because
of poor planning, inappropriate shoreline development, over
crowding, beach mining for building material and due to reef
degradation.
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The Pacific island region includes 22 countries and dependent territories1comprised of
approximately 200 high islands and 2,500 low islands and atolls.2 Although the total land
area is small at about 90,000 km2, these islands cover a large expanse of ocean with the
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) totalling over 27 million km2.3 The total population of the
region is less than 10 million, with Papua New Guinea alone contributing over 6 million.4
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Powerpoint presentations to promote awareness of impacts of climate change and practical adaptations.
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The Tabwemasana Research Project was conducted from 2010-2011 in the Republic of Vanuatu on
the island of Espiritu Santo (Santo) which is the largest in the nation’s archipelago of 83 islands. The
study derived its name (with permission from the local Chiefs) from the highest mountain in
Vanuatu, Mt Tabwemasana, located on the island of Espiritu Santo. The total population of Vanuatu
is 243,304 and Santo is 34,388 (VNSOa 2009). The nation’s population is largely constituted of young
people with 41% of the population 0 - 15 years of age (MICS 2007). The study was funded and
supported by an Australian Government Endeavour Research Fellowship Award and conducted in
partnership with Vanuatu Earth Care Association (VECA) and the University of the South Pacific
(Luganville campus) after attaining a research permit from the Government of Vanuatu. The project
had the endorsement and involvement of the local Chiefs and Councillors. It was conducted on
behalf of the community for Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, who actively conserve healthy and sustainable
social, cultural, economic and environmental systems.
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This guide is designed to support a community-based or local level management and adaptation planning
process. It can be used to explore the non-climate change and climate change threats within a defined
geographic area or community in which there is a clear governing structure and decision-making process.
The area can be large or small as long as the planning team involved in facilitating the process has decisionmaking
authority or has the support from the governing authority of the area. For example, the area might
be defined as a small coastal community that has land and sea tenure. Or, the area might be a small region
of the coastline with several communities that is governed by a central agency or group. However, this
tool is not designed for urbanized or densely populated areas with complex social and governance systems.
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Exercises relating to climate change.
Below are a large variety of exercises that can be used for inspiration to help shape your work on awareness raising in trainings, workshops, within communities, at schools or with (youth) volunteers.
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Scientist say climate change is already happening and temperatures will go on rising. They expect more extreme and more erratic weather. Sea levels will rise. hundreds of millions of poor people countries will be hit hardest.
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Climate Change I save spoilem yam blong yumi. Bigfala san I
save bonem ol lif, mekem se kaikai I no gud. Bigfala ren I
save mekem se kaikai I stink o ol pipey oli kam plante. Samtaem
yam I luk redi be kaikai I no gud nomo. Ol saeklon oli
save brokbrokem lif yam mo spoilem kaikai blong hem.
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