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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:

The Increasing Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Project (IRCCNH) is a program of works for Vanuatu to improve the resilience of smallholders and communities to the impact of climate variability and change on food, household water security and livelihoods. The project has been effective since April 2013, but in February 2017 the Government of Vanuatu (GoV) requested a restructure to simplify the project and focus on community-level investments following Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam.

The Department of Strategic Policy, Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) in coordination with the Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) and other key government agencies are responsible for monitoring and evaluation of Vanuatu 2030 the National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) for 2016 – 2030.