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Journalists in mainstream media, communications officers, and members of the Media Association of Vanuatu (MAV) have participated in a 2-day workshop aimed at familiarising them with climate change terminology and issues ...
Post Date: 26-Sep-2023
Farmers, foresters, and fishermen from across the country, the government, and stakeholders are convening on Malekula for the third National Week of Agriculture (NWA), which opened yesterday. “Strengthening a sustainable resilient ...
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
In March, an unprecedented twin category 4 and 5 cyclones and an earthquake devasted Vanuatu again in just 48 hours. Couple of days later, acid rain from volcanic activity left ...
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
This is an update event news from the recent CCDRR policy awareness with the Shefa PTAC on the 23rd of August
Post Date: 21-Sep-2023
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the ...
Post Date: 12-May-2023
Regional Climate Action Networks gather at Reflection and Learning event to look at Collaboration, Influencing and Learning initiatives of Oxfam’s climate change project – PACCCIL
The Pacific Climate Change Collaboration, Influencing and Learning (PACCCIL) Project is holding its Regional Reflection and Learning Event from the 27th February to 3rd March, 2023, at the Heritage Park ...
Post Date: 08-Mar-2023
Dr Esline Garabiti, Winners of the 2022 Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Leadership Awards 2022
What a wonderful celebration of women’s leadership at the 2022 WIN DRR Leadership Awards held this evening at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) here in Brisbane, ...
Post Date: 22-Sep-2022
The Caretaker Minister of Climate Change, Silas Bule, said the newly launched Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy (CCDRR) will build Vanuatu’s resilience and support the sustainable development of ...
Post Date: 05-Sep-2022
The Building Resilience and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Vanuatu (BRAVE) project was recently kicked off with orientation meetings with the leaders of Penama Provincial Government, 3 Area Councils and their 19 ...
Post Date: 19-Jul-2022
An 8-member Vanuatu delegation has joined other countries in Germany to discuss the earth’s future, which is currently being threatened by climate change. The Bonn Climate Change Conference which started ...
Post Date: 09-Jun-2022
Vanuatu’s Prime Minister (PM), Bob Loughman, has strongly appealed to all negotiators of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to prioritise action over politics, resilience over economic gain, and justice ...
Post Date: 27-Oct-2021
The NAB Secretariat is pleased to release the official dates for the NAB Meetings for this year 2021. The Director General for the Ministry of Climate Change Mrs Esline Garaebiti ...
Post Date: 21-Jan-2021
The Ministry of Climate Change in Vanuatu held a two-day workshop from 22 to 23 October this week to gather inputs from stakeholders towards the development of the national quantifiable ...
Post Date: 23-Oct-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) continues to distribute dry food rations and local food crops as food relief supplies to the Tropical Cyclone Harold affected islands this week. The ...
Post Date: 02-Jun-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has received donated relief supplies worth of 1.5 million vatu towards TC Harold from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM). Bishop James Tama, the ...
Post Date: 02-Jun-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has confirmed the repatriation of over 300 Vanuatu citizens stranded overseas due to COVID-19 pandemic will begin soon. The Minister responsible for Meteorology, Geological ...
Post Date: 26-May-2020
The National Disaster and Management Office (NDMO) advised that government authorities concern will implement the removal and banning of the import of OKI tin fish product from China. The OKI ...
Post Date: 26-May-2020
The Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) through the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) is continuously receiving concerns that people are killing birds and flying foxes in the islands ...
Post Date: 25-May-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) are undertaking displacement tracking assessment in all affected islands to support the TC Harold response phase. This ...
Post Date: 25-May-2020
The National Disaster Committee (NDC) has activated two new clusters to support the work of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in its current and future response to disasters affecting ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) had confirmed contaminated OKI tin fish distributed to some of the affected communities in Tanna due to the Yasur Ash Fall will be replaced ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
The Torba Provincial Emergency Operation Center (PDOC) as the leading agency responding to disasters in Torba Province has issued orders to continue cleanup campaign to eliminate malaria in the province. ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
The National COVID19 Advisory Team at the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is putting together a detailed repatriation plan for the return of all Vanuatu citizens stranded overseas due to ...
Post Date: 22-May-2020
NDMO acknowledges the kind gesture by the Brothers for Life (B4L) members who helped made it possible for the Santo family to go home last Friday. NDMO Director Abraham Nasak ...
Post Date: 14-May-2020
The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has deployed more than 30 assessment team members for the detailed sectoral assessment for Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold this week. This is mainly for ...
Post Date: 14-May-2020