Awareness DVD on climate change and Agriculture

Powerpoint presentation to promote awareness of impacts of climate change and practical adaptations.

Drft report on likely impacts of climate change on the greater port vila area ,and strategies of urban planning to offset these impacts.

Its am imaginative story showing how climate change can affect young children in a pacific environment, and measures they can take to mitigate and adapt.

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GIZ

Guidelines for communities on how to prepare for,and respond to,volcanic eruptions.

Natural disaster can leave our homes andcommunities in a real mess and very dirty - so it is even more important to wash our hands.

Awareness pamphlet on El Nino, its nature & effects & how to prepare.

Cartoon illustrating how we should get rid of our rubbish in such a way that won't have environmental impacts.

Radio program on protection for disaster that strikes a communitie. it is important for us to come together and face the disaster together and there are certain ideas that we can do to protect everyone in the comminity during disaster.

GCCRP leads Griffith University’s research into climate change adaptation and mitigation. The program promotes a multidisciplinary approach to climate change research inclusive of the environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions.

Climate Change in the Pacific is a rigorously researched, peer-reviewed scientific assessment of the climate of the western Pacific region. Building on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this two volume publication represents a comprehensive resource on the climate of the Pacific.

Assessment of weaknesses and opportunities regarding Port Vila's vulnerability to climate change and disaster risk. 

“By reducing the vulnerability of Vanuatu’s vital sectors and communities now to current climate-related risks should place the country in a better position to cope with future climate change and to build sustainable ni-Vanuatu communities. The ideal approach to adaptation in Vanuatu is a pro-active, no-regrets approach which encompasses measures and strategies which can be implemented in the present with the aim of reducing vulnerability in the future.

The Republic of Vanuatu ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 09 March 1993, and submitted its Initial National Communication (INC) to the UNFCCC on 30 October 1999. Following the preparation of its INC, Vanuatu has initiated efforts to create an institutional set-up that seeks to mainstream climate change issues into the national legal frameworks. Moreover, its INC provides compelling evidence that, by global standards, Vanuatu is one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change and sea-level rise.

Vanuatu ranks as the world’s most vulnerable country due to its high exposure to natural disasters, scattered island geography, narrow economic base, inadequate communication and transportation networks, and limited capacity to cope with disasters including those caused or exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Annually Vanuatu is impacted by a number of cyclones, which are expected to become more intense under current climatic projections, with coastal communities and ecosystems being most vulnerable and impacted by these events.