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The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department (VMGD) are conducting a four-day workshop in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (Van-KIRAP) workshop aims to increase the ability of decision makers, communities and individuals to plan and respond to the long and short term impacts of climate variability and change across five target sectors – Agriculture, Fisheries, Water Sectors, Infrastructure and Tourism.
Informative presentations were delivered at the VMGD Conference room by CSIRO Team Leader, Dr Geoff Gooley, VMGD Climate Division Manager Allan Rarai and Van-KIRAP Project Manager Moriah Matou on Tuesday.
Dr Gooley reported that with the assistance of CSIRO technical experts in areas of Climate Change and Science from Australia, they will be working with sector partners on how to better adapt to Climate Change impacts.
“Vanuatu is presently experiencing evident impacts of Climate Change in the longer term,” said Dr Gooley.
“With reports of various changes in climate, extreme weather events driven by Global Warming, our team will be working with each five sector, with new ways of obtaining scientific data and resources that local stakeholders will use to understand how to adjust to the changing climate.”
The workshop is funded by Van-KIRAP, SPREP and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
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Component 1: Institutional Strengthening for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management ($3.15m). This component builds on the planned establishment of the National Advisory Board for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change (NAB). The project would complement the staffing and functional roles of the NAB-secretariat/PMU, through three sub-components that provide “start-up” support and guidance needed to operationalize the project management functions including development of guidelines/approaches for implementing climate adaptation projects/programs at national and community levels, support the restructured NDMO and strengthen early warning systems.
Component 2: Increasing Community Resilience on Active Volcanic Islands and in Coastal Areas ($2.5m). This component would seek to pilot ways to increase the ability of national, regional and community-level stakeholders to work together to enhance disaster and climate resilience in rural communities through two linked sub-components. Support would be sequenced to firstly, increase capacity at a national and provincial level; and secondly, pilot resilient community development through integrated community and ecosystem-based adaptation and disaster risk management activities.
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Dear partners and stakeholders of the Guide to Green Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu publication
Dear translators and language experts
Warm greetings from the Regional Pacific NDC Hub
We have great pleasure in inviting you to a workshop to validate the translation of the “Guide to Green Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu”, to be held on Thursday 12 September from 9.00am – 4pm. Venue is tentatively the MSG Secretariat Conference Room, Port Vila (to be confirmed).
The development of the “Guide to Green Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu” was supported by the Regional Pacific NDC Hub in recognising that the active engagement and creative innovation of local Vanuatu businesses is crucial for developing sustainable and resilient economies and societies. Their involvement is also necessary for the successful implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The Regional Pacific NDC Hub, through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), is supporting the translation of the Guide Bislama. The translation of the Guide to the local languages serves to broaden outreach and increase the understanding of local businesses and budding entrepreneurs, across all communities. This is expected to ultimately contribute to Vanuatu’s Vanuatu Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy 2016 - 2030 vision for a resilient community, environment and economy and to the overall vision of Vanuatu 2030 People’s Plan for a stable, sustainable and prosperous nation .
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The National Advisory Board Meetings and Membership was legislated by the Meteorology, Geological Hazards and Climate Change Act 2016
In keeping with the Vanuatu Right to Information Act (Act No. 13 of 2016), Meeting minutes are downloadable below.
Meeting Date
Minutes Document
27 May 2019
M1903
Members include:
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Welcome to the Climate Investment Database
The Pacific Climate Investment Database (CID) is a publicly available database containing a comprehensive overview of primary climate finance projects in the Pacific. Though there is a framework for determining ‘primary’ climate finance, many of the projects are based on the judgement call of the composer, not having total access to individual breakdowns of the projects to determine how much finance is dedicated to purely climate change causes.
This database is based on largely publicly available information. It does not capture any climate finance projects that were completed prior to 2015.
The project financials are expressed in USD. Any projects that were implemented not in a donor currency were converted using an average exchange rate from June 2014 till present.
The entire financing amount for ALL projects (eg. Grant/loans & co-financing amounts) were used where possible to fully capture the scale of the projects. We have attempted to break down these amounts by donor where possible, however financial breakdowns were not always available.
For further information, please contact the Australia Pacific Climate Partnership Support Unit at info@apclimatepartnership.com.au
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Real Time Sea Level Display for Vanuatu
1. What is the source of the real-time data on the display?
The sea level and meteorological data displayed are those received from tidal gauge facilities located in countries in the Pacific.
2. What are the sea level predictions and where to they come from?
These are tide predictions generated by the Australian National Tidal Centre (tides@bom.gov.au) and are revised every year. These predictions do not include the effects of any local conditions that may occur throughout the year, such as weather patterns.
6. How current is the real-time data on the display?
It is normal for the data displayed to lag behind the current UTC time due to the time required to obtain the data and process it for display. Delays may also be experienced when there are problems with data communications services or other processes used to transfer the tide gauge data to the real-time display.
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http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/tracks/
The aim of the Pacific Tropical Cyclone Data Portal is to improve knowledge of past tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific Islands and East Timor. The Portal can be used to plot tracks of cyclones in the South Pacific between 1969 and 2010, allowing users to see the characteristics and paths of past tropical cyclone events. Meteorologists and stakeholders can use this tool to analyse the tracks of historical tropical cyclones and relate them to the impact on lives and infrastructure recorded on the ground
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Qëhnelö™ , a web-based decision-aid hub for urban planning and environmental management, will meet all your expectations. Any Internet browser will provide you with access to all the knowledge concerning your territory of action. Qëhnelö™ is the new geospatial technology operating in the cloud. Its modular architecture means it can be tailored to your needs. Qëhnelö™ is the first system that provides you with the power of Earth observation satellites on a turnkey basis. No installation or maintenance is required. Why wait? In just 24 hours your system will be up and running, risk-free and without any capital cost to you.
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Pacific Ocean Portal. . © 2019 Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division, Pacific Community (SPC)
Get up to date climate science variables on the ocean, with special application for sectors including tourism, fisheries, and coral reef management.
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It’s great that you're keen on seeing what the Vanuatu coast may look like in 2100. Here is some information on how to get the most out of Coastal Risk Vanuatu (CRV). This version has been opened for public consultation, therefore if you experience any issues, or wish to provide feedback please submit a comment using the feedback link provided. If you enjoy the experience, feel free to like us with Twitter or LinkedIn by clicking the icons in the top right of your screen. For more information on any of the terminology or concepts in this guide go to the Background section of CRV.
Quick and Easy
Click on one of the well-known places on the front page, accept the conditions of use and you're away. Pan and zoom to your places of interest to see the high tide flood extent for today (dark blue) and the high sea level rise scenario for 2100 (light blue). Type in a location in the top left Google Search once you're in the map and you can go to any coastal location around Vanuatu where there is data.
Using the 2100 Sea Level Rise Scenarios provided by the IPCC
In the top left corner of the map screen you can see the predicted scenarios. You are able to select either the high, medium or low sea level rise scenarios to look at how the 2100 high tide inundation changes with each scenario. Go to the Background section to read about the details of each scenario. These are based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report scenarios.
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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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We live in a rapidly advancing digital information age where the ability to discover, access and utilize high-quality information in a reliable and timely manner is often assumed to be the norm. However, this is not always the experience of researchers, practitioners and decision makers responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing climate, despite the billions now being made available for investment in climate change adaptation initiatives throughout the world and particularly in developing countries. In recognition of the importance of information in adaptation planning, Article 7.7 of the Paris Agreement sets out clear guidance for parties to develop, share, manage and deliver climate change knowledge, information and data as a means to strengthening cooperation and action on adaptation. This article provides some key lessons and insights on climate change information and knowledge management (IKM) in small island developing States (SIDS) from the perspective of Pacific SIDS. A situation analysis of current climate change IKM practices in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu was conducted and key barriers to effective climate change IKM identified. The outcome of this article is a range of pragmatic policy considerations for overcoming common barriers to climate change IKM in the Pacific, which may be of value to SIDS more widely.
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Agriculture practices and traditional knowl-edge have been passed down through many generations of Ni-Vanuatu and are particular to different areas of the country. However, these methods may need to be shifted. Predicted changes to rainfall, temperature, storms and sea level linked to climate change may result in changes to planting, fruiting and harvesting times, pests and diseases, location of gardens, soil fertility and other inputs of agriculture products.This agriculture field assessment guide is de-signed to be used with communities or farmers to identify changes to agriculture that may be a re-sult of climate change. The methods included to identify issues and possible solutions are based on participatory rural appraisal techniques (PRAs). The tools found in this field guide were compiled and refined over a 2 day meeting of Vanuatu gov-ernment and NGO agriculture field workers. While an individual can facilitate the assessment, the ideal assessment facilitation process would include a team of experts from many relevant fields (agriculture, health, environment, meteor-ology, etc.)The assessment within this field guide should be led by a facilitator (or facilitation team) who will ask agriculture-focused questions and then listen and record the responses from the community members. By using each of the tools provided, a comprehensive assessment can be made of the community’s agriculture situation. The goal of these tools is to identify 3 themes:1. Observed changes to subsistence agricul-ture2. Adaptive strategies being employed in re-sponse to these agricultural changes, spe-cifically in relation to climate change
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This report summarizes a meeting that explored the experiences of the south-west Pacific region integrating disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. The report also addresses the Australasian experience with, and capacity for, emergency management, and its potential to contribute to climate change adaptation across the region.
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