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World Disasters Report Focus on culture and risk

 Culture  Culture and Traditional Knowledge
Culture and risk This year, the World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008) or a volcanic eruption on the mountain god (Mount Merapi). After the tsunami in 2004, many people in Aceh (Indonesia) believed that Allah had punished them for allowing

Climate Change 2016 Report

 Culture and Traditional Knowledge  Cultural heritage and preservation  Culture  Language  Economics and Finance  Low carbon development

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An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (FRDP)

 Climate Change  Adaptation  Climate change science  Mitigation  Resilience  Risks  Culture and Traditional Knowledge  Cultural heritage and preservation  Culture  Traditional knowledge  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster management  Disaster preparedness  Disaster relief  Disaster response  Disaster risk  Resilience  Economics and Finance  Sustainable development  Employment  Working conditions  Government, law and administration  Climate negotiations  Panels and working groups  Meteorology and Weather  Climate

The FRDP identifies three inter-related goals that need to be actively pursued by all stakeholders, working in partnership, in order to enhance resilience to disasters and climate change in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.

Review of Legislation, Policies and Plans Relating to the use and Management of the Ocean Vanuatu

 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  Aquaculture  Fisheries  Climate Change  Carbon sequestration  Mitigation  Ocean acidification  Resilience  Risks  Sea level rise  Vulnerability  Culture and Traditional Knowledge  Culture  Traditional ecological knowledge  Traditional knowledge  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster preparedness  Economics and Finance  Climate finance  Economics  Low carbon development  Sustainable development  Education and Training  Community education  Energy  Emission reduction  Low carbon energy  Renewable energy  Renewable energy targets  Government, law and administration  Law and regulation  Natural Resources and the Environment  Biodiversity  Coastal zone  Conservation  Degradation  Ecology and ecosystems  Habitat restoration  Islands  Land forms and cartography  Natural resource management  Oceans  Pollution  Reefs  Vegetation  Wildlife  Population and Demographics  Demography  Migration  Security and Conflict  Conflict  International relations  Security

The Government of Vanuatu has decided to develop an oceans policy, which aligns with recommendations from the
Commonwealth Secretariat.
This report summarises the main findings1 of an analysis and assessment of 69 instruments of legislation and
subordinate policies and plans that are relevant to management and use of Vanuatu’s territorial waters and therefore
relevant to the development of the national oceans policy. The review of Vanuatu’s legislation, policies, strategies and

Vanuatu Traditional Climate Knowledge Indicators Booklet

 Agriculture  Crops  Fisheries  Food security  Forestry  Livestock  Adaptation  Impacts  Resilience  Cultural heritage and preservation  Culture  Language  Traditional ecological knowledge  Traditional knowledge  Early warning system  Resilience  Meteorology  Weather

National CBDRR Handbook

 Climate Change  Adaptation  Impacts  Mitigation  Culture and Traditional Knowledge  Religion and belief systems  Traditional knowledge  Disaster Risk Management  Cyclone  Disaster management  Disaster preparedness  Disaster relief  Disaster response

Hanbuk ia Nasonal Disasta Manejmen Ofis (NDMO) blong Vanuatu i mekem blong ol ofisa
blong gavman mo olgeta we oli wantem karemaot ol wok blong Komuniti Bes Disasta Risk
Ridaksen (CBDRR). Hanbuk ia hem i talem wanem nao mo hao nao yumi sud mekem ol
CBDRR aktiviti long ol komuniti long Vanuatu.
Stamba tingting blong hanbuk ia hem i blong givhan long ol ejensi blong sapotem NDMO
blong setemap ol KOMUNITI DISASTA MO KLAEMET JENS KOMITI (CDCCC) long ol komuniti
we disasta i stap afektem olgeta plante, mo trenem ol komuniti ia blong oli kam moa rere
blong fesem disasta.