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This gender assessment for FP035: Climate Information Services for Resilient Development Planning in Vanuatu (Van-CIS-RDP) seeks to present the issues, gaps and problems that should be addressed by gender-responsive project interventions.
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This document presents funding proposal "FP035: Climate Information Services for resilient development in Vanuatu," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.15.
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The Van-KIRAP project information in Bislama and English for appropriate action.
The Bislama translation was done by the Government translators.
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An Indigenous led Network of community Environmental Champions, working together for the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, customary governance, and climate/disaster resilience within the Santo Mountain Chain Key Biodiversity Area of the Western Coastline of the Island of Espiritu Santo in the Republic of Vanuatu
Mission
The Santo Sunset Environment Network (SSEN) shall serve as a catalyst to support and empower individuals, villages and communities in the West Coast and North West Santo region in improving environmental protection and conservation; and to influence the design and implementation of effective, inclusive, resilient and sustainable development strategies in keeping with traditional livelihoods.
Charitable Purposes
To contribute to its Mission, the Network’s charitable purposes include the following:
(a) To prevent environmental degradation by affirming and amplifying existing knowledge, skills and expertise of the people of West and North West Santo
(b) Building new skills, knowledge, awareness and capacity in areas of environment, climate change and other topics
(c) Promoting and enabling of traditional knowledge concerning issues of environmental protection and sustainable development.
(d) Reduce negative human impacts on the environment
(e) Facilitate a sustainable transformation in the way West and North West Santo communities use resources, including on the land, forests, freshwater, the ocean, atmosphere, and energy.
(f) To prioritize sustainable development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(g) To inspire government, business, community, and individual action related to the environment.
(h) To organize, support, inspire and coordinate Network members to work together and speak with one voice.
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Vanuatu’s Third National Communication is an essential document for Vanuatu to fulfill its reporting obligation as a Party to the UNFCCC. This report shows how Vanuatu is progressing in meeting its’ international commitments on climate change. The Third National Communication report, lays out the level of vulnerability and risks we face to the current impacts of climate change, how we are coping with these impacts, and what the future might look like as the climate rapidly changes. Furthermore, this report describes Vanuatu’s greenhouse gas emissions and documents the mitigation actions the nation is taking in the pursuit of low-carbon and climate-resilient development.
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This report describes current trends and Vanuatu’s development ambitions and relates them to circular economy solutions. The most promising recommendations were selected at a national workshop and are based on an analysis of resource use, asset use and waste disposal in the country. The report’s structure and the analytical approach follows that of an earlier Shifting Paradigms project for the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan.10 The report is structured as follows:Part 1: Current situation, developments and ambitions: This part describes the current situation in Vanuatu and important trends going forward. It also highlights which of Vanuatu’s policies and development ambitions align well with a transition to a more circular and low-carbon future.Part 2: Thinking in flows and stocks: Part 2 maps out the material resources used in Vanuatu, distinguishing domestic products from imports. Data visualization helps explain how the use of products, materials and half-fabricates relate to GHG emissions in Vanuatu and emissions associated with the production of imported goods and services. No country starts from scratch when making the transition to a circular economy. Therefore, Part 2 also describes existing circular economy initiatives. They provide the basis from which to expand or develop new initiatives that rely on similar principles and enabling conditions.Part 3: Circular economy strategies: Stakeholders and experts from Vanuatu identified and selected the most promising circular opportunities, which are described in Part 3. The strategies were selected based on their material potential and their ability to reduce GHG emissions by 2030, and to contribute to the development ambitions described in Part 1.
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Technical Need Assessment (TNA) for Vanuatu is funded by the UNDP partering with the GIZ. The objective of the TNA is to firstly identified priority sectors in the mitigation processes. The NAB has approved of the energy and waste to be considered for this TNA.
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The regulated MEPSL products are enforced under the bill for Energy Efficiency of Electrical Appliances, Equipment and Lighting Products Act No 24 of 2016. Most energy effeicient appliances can sometimes cost more in purchasing, but will be more energy efficient and cost effectve over time due to using less electricity in its lifespan.
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Also called a Jet Stove, a Rocket Stove is an efficient and hot burning stove using small diameter wood fuel. Fuel is burned in a simple combustion chamber containing an insulated vertical chimney, which ensures almost complete combustion prior to the flames reaching the cooking surface.
Wood fuel is the oldest form of extracting heat energy and is still the most popular form of energy in the Pacific. However, because it is so readily available, we tend to use wood fuel inefficiently.
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The project development objective (PDO) of the Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project (VREP) is to scale up access to electricity services and support increased penetration of renewable energy in dispersed off-grid areas of Vanuatu.
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Pacific Tool for Resilience
PARTneR will enable Pacific government Ministries and stakeholder organisation to effectively developed and used risk-based information to support development decision making on DRR & DRM
PARTneR will tailor RiskScape, a disaster impact mapping and modelling software developed jointly with New Zealand NIWA and GNS science.
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The purpose of the directory is to help connect climate finance with those who need it. Climate finance refers to financing channelled by national, regional, and international entities for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Vanuatu, among the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and disasters, has a significant and immediate need for investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The amount of climate finance approved and disbursed to date fulfils only a small portion of actual needs. A study carried out by the Stockholm Environment Institute revealed that Vanuatu had received roughly USD 49.4 million of climate finance from 2010-2014, with the majority (57.2%) supporting mitigation activities.[1]
The directory details known climate finance sources available to individuals, communities, organisations, government bodies, and the private sector in Vanuatu. Financing amounts, eligibility requirements, and focus areas vary widely depending on the source.
This directory is divided into five sections:
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The Vanuatu NGO Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Program (the program), locally known as Yumi stap redi long Klaemet Jenis, began in July 2012 and was completed in December 2014. It was funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)’s Community-based Climate Change Action Grant and implemented by Oxfam, CARE International in Vanuatu (CARE), Save the Children (SC), Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) in partnership with the French Red Cross Society (FRCS), the Vanuatu Rural Development Training Centre Association (VRDTCA), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The overall goal of the program was to increase the resilience of Vanuatu’s women, men and young people with respect to the unavoidable impacts of climate change.
This report presents findings and provides recommendations from an ex-post evaluation of the program conducted two-and-a-half years after the program’s conclusion, building on the findings and recommendations from the end-ofprogram evaluation conducted in late 2014 and early 2015.
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Introduction to the EU-GIZ ACSE Programme
Climate change is already disproportionally affecting the islands of the Pacific. Although Pacific islanders have done little to contribute to the cause producing less than 0.03 per cent of current global greenhouse gas emissions, they are among the first to be exposed and the least able to respond. At the same time, despite efforts to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and improve energy security, many Pacific Island Countries are dependent on almost 100 per cent of imported petroleum products for energy generation and transportation. Sustainable energy and climate change adaptation are therefore top priorities for Governments as expressed in regionally endorsed frameworks and national policies.
In response, the European Union (EU) is assisting fifteen Pacific ACP Island countries through a new regional Programme: Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) Programme funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF 10) Pacific regional envelope.
The objectives of the ACSE Programme are to enhance sustainable livelihoods in Pacific Island Countries, strengthen countries’ capacities to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and enhance their energy security at the national, provincial and local/community levels.
The ACSE Programme has three components:
Component 1: the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Component (18.64 million Euros) which is administered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);
Component 2: the Energy Catalytic Component (10 million Euros) which is jointly managed by the EU with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and New Zealand in selected PACPs; and
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In Vanuatu, rural households have limited access to modern cooking fuels and technologies. The reliance on biomass (fuelwood or firewood) for household thermal energy needs is raised in the 2007 National Agriculture Census, which reports that out of the 33,879 households surveyed, 95% (32,096) of these households were gathering fuel wood every day for domestic use as well selling it in markets.
Through the updated National Energy Roadmap (NERM), the Government of Vanuatu wants to reinforce that modern-cooking fuels and technologies (including biogas generation at household and institutional scale) are an important form of energy use in Vanuatu, and an area where improvements are possible.Agriculture is a significant part of Vanuatu’s economy. Subsistence agriculture is the dominant source of livelihood for 80% of the country, whom live in rural areas. Although Vanuatu has good resources and ideal climatic conditions for generation of biogas, the technology has not really taken off in the country.
In light of the above, the Department of Energy (DoE) conducted a feasibility study to determine the availability of biomass resource at Onesua Presbyterian College. The college has been chosen as a pilot site for a biogas system, and the feasibility study calculated the biogas potential at the school and provided DoE with technical system design to help DoE construct a biogas system at the school.
The biogas system will be constructed with project funding under the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) project. This is the first major biogas installation in Vanuatu, and it will provide DoE with invaluable experience to help realise the potential of this resource. Hence, this document invites suitable contractors to submit their proposal to manufacture and assemble the biogas digester, install it on site, pilot the plant and facilitate training to beneficiaries.
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The Department of Energy (DoE) is one of the Departments under the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-hazards, Energy, Environment and National Disaster Management Office. Its mandate is vested in Vanuatu’s National Energy Roadmap (NERM) and the activities, policies, programs and projects implemented by the Department all contribute to achieving the policy priorities and targets stipulated in the NERM. DoE’s role is beyond policy and legislative development for an effective energy sector. As part of its ongoing responsibilities, the DoE also identifies, implements, manage and evaluate and monitors energy programs including projects hence the composition of its staffing resources are a reflection of this multitasking role.
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The Government of Vanuatu recognises that effective institutions and the inter-relationships between them are at the heart of its ability to respond to growing climate and disaster risks. To this end, a comprehensive analysis of climate and disaster risk governance is undertaken.
A critical precursor is the development of a risk profile for Vanuatu that identifies the key risks and vulnerabilities that Vanuatu's risk governance institutions must address. Currently there is no single, up-to-date and easily accessible document that summarises the major studies of risk undertaken to date.
This “Profile of risks from climate change and geohazards in Vanuatu” report describes the activities and results of the risk profiling
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