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The ‘Coping with climate change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR)’ programme aims to strengthen the capacities of Pacific member countries and regional organisations to cope with the impacts of climate change. The programme is funded by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented through GIZ working in partnership with SPC and SPREP.
The programme commenced its activities in 2009 working with Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. In 2011 the program was expanded to another nine Pacific Island Countries, namely the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the duration has been extended until 2019. The programme brief available at http://www.spc.int/lrd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=478&Itemid=44 gives further details.
At the regional level, the programme aligns with the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP). The programme will support countries in implementing key strategic priorities in the area of climate change including, where relevant, their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Programmes for Action (NAPA), National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and other relevant national strategies, polices and plans.
The overall objective of the programme is that ‘the capacities of regional organisations in the Pacific Islands region and its member states to adapt to climate change and mitigate its causes are strengthened’. This objective will be achieved through six components highlighted below.
Component 1: Strengthening regional advisory and management capacity
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Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam was one of the worstnatural disasters in the history of Vanuatu. Thecountry suffered loss and damage to an extentthat vastly overwhelmed its own capacities. Astrong El Niño, in the months following the cyclone, actedas additional multiplier for existing development problems,especially with regard to water and food securityin rural areas. In many ways, the cyclone and its impactsreflect political, conceptual and operational challengesthat lie at the heart of the current debate on loss anddamage (L&D) and clearly illustrate the need for comprehensiveclimate risk management (CRM).TC Pam has been recognised as an opportunity to learnlessons and draw up recommendations for [German]development cooperation (DC) and its partners in theregion on how to address the issue of comprehensiveclimate risk management, including climate risk insurance.The objectives of this study were to identify thoselessons in order to inform Germany’s current and futureregional cooperation in Vanuatu and the South Pacificregion.This report gives an overview and socio-economiccharacteristics, disaster risk and CRM institutions andprogrammes in Vanuatu and the region and providesbackground on activities of German development cooperation.It further presents the main findings on lessonslearned from the response and recovery phase basedon a review of available documentation and a mission toVanuatu in October 2015. The last chapter details recommendationsdeveloped by the mission team.Climate change represents one of the greatest challengesfacing the South Pacific region. In response to thesechallenges, the Pacific is the first region in the world thatintegrates climate change and disaster risk managementinto a single overarching regional strategy. A number of
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A week-long series of Climate Finance events organized by the National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction
For more information contact the GCF National Coordinator Nikita Solzer nsolzer@vanuatu.gov.vu
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Want to Know about the Green Climate Fund and what it means for Vanuatu and how it can support your work?
This 1/2 day briefing by the National Advisory Board on ClimateChange & Disaster Risk Reduction will give you the basics of the GCF.
For more information, contact GCF National Coordinator Nikita Solzer nsolzer@vanuatu.gov.vu
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The aim of this booklet is to provide a practi-cal guide to assist government, civil society private sector partners, and prospective na-tional implementing entities (NIEs) in Vanuatu to better understand the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
It is designed to provide an all-in-one guid-ance and analysis of the concept, process, relevant standards, frequently asked ques-tions related to planned GCF approaches in Vanuatu.
This document aims to provide an overview of:
The Green Climate Fund
The role of the National Designated Au-thority (NDA) in Vanuatu
Access, accreditation and the role of NIEs
Proposal development
Size of grants available
Where to access further information
This booklet was produced as part of the Va-nuatu-GIZ Green Climate Fund Readiness Program.
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The impacts of climate change are increasingly becoming evident in the Pacific. Our communities need to build resilience to face more extreme weather and more regular disasters.
Vanuatu Red Cross Society is proud to have been involved in the development of the City Wide Risk Assessment Do-It-Together Toolkit for building urban community resilience. We thank the Global Disaster Preparedness Centre for selecting Vanuatu as a trial site for the coalition building climate change project.
We look forward to implementing the toolkit, and sharing the knowledge with other countries that are facing a similar situation in the fight against climate change.
Ol efekts blong klaemet jens oli stap inkris plante mo yumi witnesem lo Pacific. Ol komunities blong yumi oli nid blong buildim ap mo stanap blong facem moa denjares weta mo fulap strong disasta.
Vanuatu Red Cross Sosaeti I praod blong stanap strong mo involvem hem lo development blong “City Waed Risk Assessment blong Mekem Tugeta Tulkit” blong bildimap komuniti istanap strong long taon blong yumi. Yumi talem tankyu long Klobal Disasta Preparedness Senta blong isave selectem Vanuatu olsem wan trael ples blong kolition building Klimate Jes Projek.
Yumi luk forward blong yumi save wok tugeta blong applaem tulkit, sherem save wetem ol nara kaontris we oli facem semak situeson blong faet akensem klamat jens.
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This project aims to strengthen Vanuatu’s capacities to meet national and global environmental commitments through improved management of environmental data and information. This should leaders and decision-makers in the government and also on the community level, with the relevant information needed to take appropriate action and to make informed decisions regarding the environment and sustainable resource management in Vanuatu.
This project will assist DEPC in:
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSES
DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MANAGEMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA MOU
DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTRALISED
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
PLANNING, MONITORING & EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED POLICIES
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This session will cover everything you need to know about the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. The Taskforce hopes that you will leave this session familiar with the technical working groups of the UNFCCC, the communication systems used by the UNFCCC for receiving submissions and publishing documents in connection with the COP, the Vanuatu COP23 Google Drive, and each of Vanuatu's priority thematic areas.
Please RSVP by emailing nab@meteo.gov.vu by 12 noon Wednesday 23 August.
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Attending UN climate negotiations for the first time is daunting, especially if it’s a Conference of the Parties (COP) session. With so many meetings happening in parallel — some open, some closed — and jargon and acronyms that constantly roll off people’s tongues, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process is notoriously complex.
This toolkit has been written to help new delegates, in particular from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), navigate the session. It focuses on the process, rather than the content of negotiations, and offers some practical ‘insider’ tips for getting through the days (and nights).
There’s no ‘right’ way to use this toolkit. Skip from section to section, or go through it from beginning to end.
We do however suggest the toolkit is used alongside its sister publication: ‘Climate negotiations terminology: the pocket guide’. The pocket guide explains and will help you to apply the specialist language of the UNFCCC negotiations. It is available free of charge on the IIED website in English (http://pubs.iied.org/10148IIED) and French (http://pubs.iied.org/10148FIIED). A very full acronym list is included in the pocket guide, hence not repeated in this toolkit.
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This is the first Induction traning for our Successful Delegates for COP 23
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This edition provides timely updates on the Green Climate Fund (GCF), both in terms of recent events and perational matters. We welcome any thoughts or suggestions on information to be included in the Partner Entities Update by writing to us at accreditation@gcfund.org.
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The Vanuatu’s Inventory for Greenhouse Gases has been calculated for the base year 2000 using the revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The UNFCCC software “Non Annex1 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software, Version 1.3.3” has been used for the estimation of GHG. Sectoral data for GHG estimation was compiled from various sources primarily using national data collected from annual reports, statistical reports, studies and brochures of related department/ institutions. In year 2000, the total GHG emissions by sources and removals by sink for Vanuatu was 585.39Gg CO2eq (excluding removals); which comprises of 70.34Gg CO2e from Energy; 502.83Gg CO2e from Agriculture and 12.21Gg CO2e from Waste Sector. Emissions from per fluorocarbons (PFCs), hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) in Vanuatu are negligible, as the products containing these gases are not produced in the country. CO2 sequestration by the forestry and land use sector in year 2000 amounted to 7,913.16Gg CO2e. Total GHG emissions, including FOLU, are estimated to be (-) 7327.77Gg CO2e, indicating that Vanuatu is a net sinks for GHG emissions.
Nearly 99% of GHG emissions in Vanuatu come from five activities: energy, transport, livestock, N2O from agriculture soils and waste. The largest contributor to GHG emissions in year 2000 was livestock Second National Communication Report 6 sector amounting to 56.5% of total GHG emissions. The next biggest contributor was N2O from agriculture soils with 29.4% of GHG emissions followed by transport sector which contributed to 5.9% of total emissions. Greenhouse gases covered in this analysis include CO2, CH4 and N2O are estimated to be 12% CO2, 31% N2O and 57% CH4 of the total GHG emissions.
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The potential environmental, economic and social impacts of Climate and Sea Level Change motivate Vanuatu’s commitment to participating effectively in international effort to combat global warming and Sea Level Rise. Vanuatu is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and took an active part in the initial negotiations in the development of the convention through its affiliations with Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise has been recognised as issues that require timely and committed initiative by government to develop capacity to address existing and potential impacts on the livelihood of the people of Vanuatu.
The National Communication is the primary mechanism through which our international commitments will be met. The Communication has been developed by the national government in consultation with the six provincial councils and the two municipalities of Port Vila and Luganville. Therefore, it maintains a comprehensive approach toward tackling Climate and Sea Level Change issues. The range of actions it encompasses reflects the wide-ranging causes of the enhanced Climate Change and Sea Level Rise effect and the pervasive nature of its potential impacts on all aspects of ni-Vanuatu life and economy.
The national communication focuses on six fronts:
♦ Institutionalise and mainstream climate change preparations,
♦ Build national level understanding,
♦ Improving network for information transfer and coordinate adaptation and mitigation measures,
♦ Increase national capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate change,
♦ Minimise increases in national GHG emissions in the medium term, and;
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This edition covers the period from July to December 2017. The PEBACC Project has progressed from baseline studies called Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM) to Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Options Assessments and Implementation Plans for each project site. We are pleased to share with you brief updates from our sites in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu as we move to implementation of demonstration projects over the next 2.5 years.
We value your support and partnership and we look forward to a closer working relationship in 2018.
The highlights in this issue include:
Taveuni equipped with masterplan to guide EbA projects in 2018
PEBACC and CEFAS support Solomon Is Government with water quality assessment
PEBACC hands-over ESRAM reports to Vanuatu Government
Committee in place to support Queen Elizabeth nature park, Solomon Is
PEBACC supports exchange visit for Fiji traditional leader
Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects for Port Vila
Mapping of important marine areas on Taveuni island, Fiji
Tanna community vote for marine protected area
PEBACC presents ESRAM reports at regional meetings
PEBACC partnered with Fiji Government and international organisations in hosting regional dialogue
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Workshop objectives are to:
Present the draft SOP for project appraisal & templates.
Continue stakeholder consultation on the draft SOP and collect final feedback for finalisation.
For more information please contact the NAB Secretariat by:
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Responding to regional capacity building needs, including a lack of urban-related climate change trainings available, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific in 2014 developed an Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (UCCAR) training course. Developed in collaboration with the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, the course aims to improve climate change knowledge among mid- to senior-level managers working in urban and infrastructure planning and, in turn, help them design better adaptation projects.
This seven-module, five-day course starts with an introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation; provides tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and vulnerabilities; presents a framework for identification, evaluation, selection, and implementation of climate adaptation strategies, programs and projects; and finally looks at the options available for financing adaptation projects and methods of accessing climate change finance.
A hallmark of USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific’s standalone capacity building programs is to ensure knowledge is tested and applicable in the real world. The UCCAR training course, therefore, incorporates multiple case studies, tools, methodologies, and guidelines developed through USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific’s engagement with national and local governments in preparing climate change adaptation projects.
The training manual is primarily targeted at training institutions and agencies loking to develop and deliver urban climate change adaptation project development and finance training. The materials may also be useful for practitioners and individuals working in related sectors looking for a comprehensive set of tools and how-to guides for urban climate change adaptation.
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