Climate change is impacting on food security and biosecurity in the Pacific region by degradation of
food production areas (sea level rise, salinity, drought), devastation caused by extreme weather
events (cyclones, flooding) and impacts on recovery time such as replacement of lost crop
germplasm and the need to import food substitutes. The aim of this project was to identify the key
impacts of climate change on the unique cropping systems in four small Pacific nations (Tonga,
Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu). Information was collected by the development of a questionnaire

Tri o wud hemi wan veri impoten risos
long yumi. Long ol tri, yumi save mekem
fulap samting long hem we yumi usum
long laef blong yumi everi dei. Plenti
man i depend long ol forest, bus mo ol tri.
Bus o fores i givim faea wud, frut,
meresin, pos blong fanis mo haos,
furniture, wud blong carving, handle
blong ol tul, mo planti moa samting. Tri o
wud tu hemi help blong reducem carbon
dioxide long air we I stap raon long wol.
Ol tri oli save holem taet graon tu long
taem blong flooding mo narafala kaen
climate change.
 

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President for Torba Province, Erick Shedrack says the province recognizes and acknowledges every assistance towards the construction and establishment of the new National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Torba.

Mr. Shedrack made the remarks during the opening of the new disaster building last Friday.

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A New National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) building for the people of Torba Province was officially opened last Friday.

Minister of Climate Change, Ham Lini, led a delegation to Torba on Friday to open the building.

The new building accommodates three offices, one server room, one conference room, one storage room, reception space, toilet and bathroom.

“Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu” or the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project (VCAP), will provide a valuable opportunity to the Vanuatu government to increase the resilience of its communities to future climate change induced risks such as declining coastal and marine resources and intensifying climate related hazards.

“Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu” or the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project (VCAP), has made steady progress lately towards enabling the Vanuatu government to increase the resilience of targeted communities to future climate change induced risks such as declining coastal and marine resources and intensifying climate related hazards.

The “Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu” or the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project (VCAP) has recently recruited several key staff members within its Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and has made steady progress in delivering its Annual Work Plan for 2015 by engaging targeted coastal communities in a series of vulnerability assessments and climate change adaptation planning sessions.

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu (VCAP) begun the implementation of its activities this year at the 3 project sites namely Epi, Pentecost and Aniwa as part of the recovery program for cyclone Pam. Activities carried out by the upland team(Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock), Fisheries team and the Department of Local Authorities team(DLA).

Upland team established a permanent nursery at Epi and planted the vetiver grasses, bandanas and natangura along the eroded coastal areas from Malvasi village to Burumba village at West Epi.

Greetings from the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change and welcome to the first eNewsletter edition for 2017. Among the numerous activities carried out by the Ministry of Climate Change, this eNewsletter aims to inform the public of only a few activities carried out  within the Month ofJanuary - May 2017, as well as highlighting resources and upcoming events of interest to the Ministry's stakeholders, all of which can be found on the NAB Portal.

In this Issue

Greetings from the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation and welcome to Issue 2 of the eNewsletter. Among the numerous activities carried out by the Ministry of Climate Change, this eNewsletter aims to provide the public a snapshot of activities carried out within the month of JULY 2017, by presenting brief summaries of activities as well as highlighting some resources and upcoming events or opportunities of interest to the Ministry's stakeholders.
 

Greetings from the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change!

We are glad to inform you that the September – October bi-monthly Issue of our eNewsletter has been released. In this edition of the eNewsletter find Climate Update articles and other interesting news such as: