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The Urban Growth Trends Report forms part of the Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction Project: Risk Mapping and Planning for Urban Preparedness Project being undertaken by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department. The report analyses the trend existing urban development, the historical growth trends, teh legislative framework and key drivers that are directly growth in Port Vila and Luganville urban areas.
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Recommendations and conclustions of the workshopto increase local agricultural produce in the tourism supply chain in Vanuatu.
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The Invasive Species Flipchart is designed to support community groups working to address the issue of invasive species in Vanuatu. These groups can include farmers, NGOs and other agencies. Government ministries, high schools, universities and colleges may also find the chart useful.
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This book is about how you can use trees and gardens together to reclaim land that has been overrun by Big Leaf Rope. This approach has many benefits. Most importantly, it will allow you to make use of otherwise wasted land, and turn it into a fertile and productive garden. Techniques outlined in this book will allow for an increased crop yield and overall profit, helping to better support you and your family. It will help to increase the variety of crops you can grow, and provide further opportunities down the road selling timber from trees. Equally, trees and wildlife that are often supressed by Big Leaf Rope will also have a chance to grow back again, helping to restore Vanuatu’s rich biodiversity. Using this technique, ongoing efforts to maintain your plot and keep it free from Big Leaf Rope will decrease, making it easier to keep your garden and surrounding environment healthy and productive. We believe that by following the approach described here, you will see benefits for your community, your environment, and even to your income. This step by step guide aims to help you in setting up your own ‘agroforestry garden’ either on your own, or as a community.
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In the years to come, climate-related shocks and trends will amplify the challenges and risks of displacement for the people of the Pacific. In this context, this paper analyses the opposite perceptions of the migration process in the Pacific from the main receiving countries in the region (Fiji, Australia and New Zealand). This is explored through a hybrid approach employed in the postulation of a legal framework, which would attempt to create a balance of interest between the migrants and the receiving countries articulated on socio-economic and environmental parameters. Applicable international instruments and relevant measures of international organizations are explored and analysed with a view to resulting gaps and shortcomings.
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Suva, Fiji – A major new report, Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The Case for Action, launched today, has revealed that the ocean is a much larger part of Melanesia’s economy and future prosperity than previously understood.
Melanesia is a large sub-region in the Pacific that extends from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region includes Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
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The Invasive Species Flipchart is designed to support community groups working to address the issue of invasive species in Vanuatu. These groups can include farmers, NGOs and other agencies, government ministries, high schools, universities and colleges may also find the chart useful.
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The Invasive Species Media Guide targets journalists, reporters, photographers, environmental writers and other people working within, or having an interest in, media and communication roles in Vanuatu. It aims to heighten awareness within the media and communications sector about the issue of invasive species in Vanuatu.
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Information about Invasive Species in Vanuatu.
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The Pacific Resilience Program (PREP) is a ‘Series of Projects’ articulated in two Phases at this stage, with the potential of a third and/or fourth phase in the future. The initial participants for Phase I are Samoa, Tonga, the Republic of Marshal Islands (RMI), Vanuatu, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). There has been previous World Bank engagement within the Phase I countries of Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu in the areas of disaster risk management (DRM) and climate resilience. Potential participants in Phase II include the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.
The participating Phase I countries and potential Phase II countries all have a high risk profile and are subject to frequent rapid onset disasters, and all (apart from FSM & Fiji) have been part of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) scheme, on which the PREP will build. While all of these countries have expressed an interest in participating in the PREP, Tonga and Samoa will participate in Component 1 (Strengthening Early Warning and Preparedness) , Component 2 (Mainstreaming Risk Reduction and Resilient Investments) and Component 3 (Disaster Risk Financing) during the first phase because they have demonstrated strong commitment to: (I) continue to participate in the PCRAFI catastrophe risk insurance scheme beyond 2015; (ii) have developed and/or will develop a prioritized climate and disaster resilient investment plan as set out under Sub- component 2.1.2; and (iii) mobilize International Development Association (IDA) funds for disaster risk financing, insurance, and resilient investment. RMI and Vanuatu will join Phase I of the Program for Sub-component 3.1.2 only, in order to finance the yearly premium for the catastrophe risk insurance.
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This report capture the key lessons learned from the implementation of a pilot study which tested subsidized and sustainable renewable energy and energy efficiency models within the private tourism sector. These lessons are intended to assist with the analysis and development of innovative & sustainable business models to increase access to renewable energy and energy efficiency for small-scale tourism operators in Vanuatu.
Overall project objectives were to successfully pilot a subsidized ‘Dealer Model’ for distributing renewable energy technologies to the private sector, specifically in the high tourism area of North Efate and nearby islands of Nguna, Pele and Emae. The intention was to sustainably increase the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency lighting systems among off-grid rural tourism operators. Furthermore, the pilot was to support the Government of Vanuatu’s National Energy Road Map (NERM), Green Growth Policy and priorities from the Vanuatu Strategic Tourism Action Plan (VSTAP) in promoting the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Vanuatu’s tourism sector. These goals were accomplished through exploring the characteristics of the rural tourism industry that would allow for introducing renewable energy sustainably. Tourism leads Vanuatu’s formal economy, and contributed nearly 50% of the Vanuatu’s GDP in 2014. As this contribution is expected to increase by 4.5% per annum to 58% of GDP in 2025, both government and private sector leaders acknowledge tourism to be a key economic driver for the country.
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Le changement climatique est l'un des sujets dont on parle le plus dans le monde parce qu'll affecte le quotidien de tous les habitants de la planete, y compris ceux qui vivent dans les iles du pacifique. Les scientifiques disent que lechangement climatique pourrait rendre les saisons chaudes plus longues et amener beacoup de pluies durant la saison humide.
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The Forty-Seventh Pacific Islands Forum was held in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia from 8 – 10 September 2016 and was attended by Heads of State and Government of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The Solomon Islands was represented by their Deputy Prime Minister, the Republic of Fiji, Niue and the Republic of Palau by their Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Kiribati by a Special Envoy. The Forum Leaders’ Retreat was held at FSM Congress Chamber in Palikir on 10 September 2016.
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The FRDP identifies three inter-related goals that need to be actively pursued by all stakeholders, working in partnership, in order to enhance resilience to disasters and climate change in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.
1. Strengthened integrated adaptation and risk reduction to enhance resilience to climate change and disasters Pursuing this goal entails successfully managing risks caused by climate change and disasters in an integrated manner where possible, within social and economic development planning processes and practices, in order to reduce the accumulation of such risks, and prevent the creation of new risks or loss and damage. This goal will contribute to strengthening resilient development and achieving efficiencies in resource management.
2. Low-carbon development Pursuing this goal revolves mainly around reducing the carbon intensity of development processes, increasing the efficiency of end-use energy consumption, increasing the conservation of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and enhancing the resilience of energy infrastructure. This goal will contribute to having more resilient energy infrastructure in place, and to increase energy security, while decreasing net emissions of greenhouse gases.
3. Strengthened disaster preparedness, response and recovery Pursuing this goal includes improving the capacity of PICTs to prepare for emergencies and disasters, thereby ensuring timely and effective response and recovery in relation to both rapid and slow onset disasters, which may be exacerbated or caused by climate change. Disaster preparedness, response and recovery initiatives will reduce undue human losses and suffering, and minimize adverse consequences for national, provincial, local and community economic, social and environmental systems.
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This report uses these generic methods to provide recommendations for climate resilient development in the PICs in the following sectors: coastal protection, flood management, water resources management, protection of infrastructure against changes in temperature and precipitations, protection of buildings against cyclone winds, and adaptation in the agriculture sector.
A new World Bank report has highlighted the need for Pacific Island countries to better incorporate climate and disaster risk management into planning and development, while proposing priority investments and policies to boost resilience to the year 2040.
Launched in Fiji today at the Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Region, Pacific Possible: Climate and Disaster Resilience considers the economic costs of climate adaptation, and proposes adaptation strategies for areas including infrastructure and buildings, coastal protection, water resources, flooding and agriculture, with special consideration given to the unique challenges of atoll islands.
“Climate change and extreme weather events have the potential to adversely affect coastal zones, water resources, health, infrastructure, agriculture and food security,” said Denis Jordy, Senior Environmental Specialist at the World Bank. “And if new investments are not properly planned, they risk exacerbating the impacts of natural hazards and climate change by increasing the vulnerability and exposure of those at risk.”
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Approach to Climate Change
Vanuatu ratified the UNFCCC in 1993 and the Kyoto Protocol (as a non-Annex I country) in 2001. It made its first national communication to the UNFCCC in October 1999 and the country’s Climate Change Office within the Vanuatu Meteorological Service has participated in workshops to prepare its second national communication. A National Action Plan on Adaptation was submitted in 2007. Vanuatu is a member of the Alliance of Small Island States. The United Nations Population Fund classes Vanuatu as one of the nations most vulnerable to natural hazards and says it faces significant hurdles because it is trying to eradicate widespread poverty at the same time as addressing climate change.
Particular areas of potential impact from climate change include agriculture, water, coastal and marine resources, infrastructure and tourism. Numerous documents have been published that aim to help Vanuatu prepare for potential climate change impacts. A National Adaptation Programme for Action (NAPA) was published in June 2007, and in 2006, a Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management National Action Plan 2006- 2016, and a Priorities and Action Agenda 2006-2015 were released. The government published a draft National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Land-Based Resources (2012-2022) in July
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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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This poster highlights the benefits for small island-based tourism businesses in Vanuatu to utilize renewable energy. It is jointly prepared by the Department of Tourism, the Department of Energy & GIZ.
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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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Vanuatu’s Year 11 secondary school students have demonstrated their climate change expertise in Vanuatu’sfirst national Climate Zone Championship competition. In 2012, a pilot competition worked with only a handfulof schools, but this year’s 2013 Climate Zone competition was open to every secondary school in everyprovince of Vanuatu!Vanuatu Climate Zone is organized by the Vanuatu Ministry of Education, USP Vanuatu and SPC-GIZ ClimateChange and seeks to showcase the learning and knowledge of Vanuatu’s students on the topic of climate changein Vanuatu. Each secondary school in Vanuatu was invited to selected four year 11 students for the school teamin the competition. The process for the 2013 competition included two phases, a written exam and a livecompetition. Local Vanuatu climate change experts provided background information on climate changescience, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and special topics (e.g. gender) to all year 11 secondary schools (bothEnglish and French language schools). School students were then given 2 months to study the information. On19 September 2013, all student teams took a written ‘exam’ (in English or French), at official exam centres ineach province.The highest-scoring school from each province was then invited to take part in the final competition in PortVila. TORBA province winner was Arep Junior Secondary School in Vanua Lava, SANMA province winnerwas St. Michel on Santo, PENAMA province winner was St. Patrick College on Ambae, MALAMPA provincewinner was Rensarie College on Malekula, SHEFA province winner was Malapoa College on Efate, andTAFEA province winner was Lenakel Presbyterian College on Tanna.From 4-8 November 2013, all winning teams participated in a series of live matches against other provinces asan activity under the Vanuatu National Climate Change Symposium organized by the Ministry of Climate
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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 demonstrate their knowledge on the science, impacts and adaptation solutions to climate change. Climate Zone 2013 was a joint initiative among the Vanuatu Ministry of Education, the USP PACE-SD Climate Adaptation Program, the USAID-SPC Climate Program, The European Union, the French Embassy, Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation, the Chinese Women’s Association the Vanuatu National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction, and the SPC-GIZ Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region Program. Hugely successful, the Government of Vanuatu and its partners plan to make this an annual event. The initiative has support at the highest levels in the Ministry of Education and the new Ministry of Climate Change. Thanks to the Government of Germany for your financial contribution.
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The Government of Vanuatu organized a third consecutive Climate Zone Quiz Competition in 2014 following the success and widespread interest of the two previous years’ events. The Vanuatu Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Development Unit and the SPC-GIZ Climate Change Program were the primary facilitators of this year’s Climate Zone. the 2014 competition was financially and technically supported by:• Government of Vanuatu• National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction• Vanuatu Meteorology & Geohazards Department• Ministry of Education• Ministry of Climate Change• German Embassy• French Embassy of Port Vila• SPC-GIZ Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region (CCCPIR)• UNDP Pacific Risk Resilience Program• SPC – USAID• Oxfam Australia• Live & Learn• Save the Children• Vanuatu Red Cross Society• Care International• University of the South Pacific• Vanuatu Television and Broadcasting Company• SHEFA Provincial Government• Port Vila Municipal Government• The University of the South Pacific• Vanuatu Institute of Teacher’s Education (VITE)• AusAid• Vanuatu Climate Action Network• Digicel VanuatuKey Contacts• Vanuatu Curriculum Development Unit- James Melteres:jmelteres@vanuatu.gov.vu• SPC-GIZ Climate Change- Dr. Christopher Bartlett: Christopher.Bartlett@giz.de
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