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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.

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Greater Port Vila

 Climate Change  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster risk  Human Settlements  Urban planning  Meteorology and Weather  Climate

Executive Summary

Climate and Disaster Resilience

 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  Food security  Climate Change  Adaptation  Climate change science  Climate projections  Impacts  Loss and damage  Mitigation  Resilience  Risks  Sea level rise  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster management  Disaster preparedness  Flood  Hazard  Resilience  Storm  Economics and Finance  Climate finance  Government, law and administration  Climate negotiations  Policy and planning  Health  Public health  Human Settlements  Regional planning  Urban planning  Information Technology and Information Management  Knowledge management  Meteorology and Weather  Climate  Meteorology  Natural Resources and the Environment  Biodiversity  Coastal zone  Inland waters  Islands  Natural resource management  Soils  Vegetation

This report uses these generic methods to provide recommendations for climate resilient development in the PICs in the following sectors: coastal protection, flood management, water resources management, protection of infrastructure against changes in temperature and precipitations, protection of buildings against cyclone winds, and adaptation in the agriculture sector.

Urban Growth Trends Report - Port Vila and Luganville

 Economics and Finance  Economic development  Human Settlements  Housing  Land use  Urban planning  Population and Demographics  Population growth

The Urban Growth Trends Report forms part of the Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction Project: Risk Mapping and Planning for Urban Preparedness Project being undertaken by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department. The report analyses the trend existing urban development, the historical growth trends, teh legislative framework and key drivers that are directly growth in Port Vila and Luganville urban areas.

Republic of Vanuatu National Guidelines for the Selection and Assessment of Evacuation Centres

 Disaster Risk Management  Disaster management  Disaster preparedness  Disaster response  Disaster risk reduction  Resilience  Vulnerability  Human Settlements  Housing  Regional planning  Rural settlements  Urban planning  Urban settlements

The island Republic of Vanuatu is one of the most climatologically and seismically vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the Pacific’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and ‘cyclone belt’, it is susceptible to volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones and both flood and drought. With the onset of climate change, extreme weather events are increasing the number and severity of natural disasters.

Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – A Training Manual

 Climate Change  Adaptation  Resilience  Disaster Risk Management  Vulnerability  Human Settlements  Urban planning  Urban settlements

Responding to regional capacity building needs, including a lack of urban-related climate change trainings available, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific in 2014 developed an Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (UCCAR) training course.

City Wide Risk Assessment Do-It-Together Toolkit for Building Urban Community Resilience (Tulkit blong Bildimap Eben Komuniti Risiliens)

 Climate Change  Resilience  Disaster Risk Management  Disaster management  Disaster preparedness  Resilience  Human Settlements  Urban planning

The impacts of climate change are increasingly becoming evident in the Pacific. Our communities need to build resilience to face more extreme weather and more regular disasters.

Vanuatu Red Cross Society is proud to have been involved in the development of the City Wide Risk Assessment Do-It-Together Toolkit for building urban community resilience. We thank the Global Disaster Preparedness Centre for selecting Vanuatu as a trial site for the coalition building climate change project.

PARTneR: Pacific Tool Design

 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  Agriculture  Crops  Food security  Climate Change  Loss and damage  Resilience  Risks  Culture and Traditional Knowledge  Traditional knowledge  Disaster Risk Management  Cyclone  Disaster management  Disaster response  Disaster risk  Health  Public health  Sanitation  Human Settlements  Land use  Urban planning  Urban settlements  Industry  Information Technology and Information Management  Geographical information systems  Information management  Meteorology and Weather  Rainfall  Temperature  Natural Resources and the Environment  Conservation  Soils  Vegetation  Population and Demographics  Demography  Security and Conflict  Security  Social Development  Social services  Water  Water quality  Water treatment

Pacific Tool for Resilience 

PARTneR will enable Pacific government Ministries and stakeholder organisation to effectively developed and used risk-based information to support development decision making on DRR & DRM

PARTneR will tailor RiskScape, a disaster impact mapping and modelling software developed jointly with New Zealand NIWA and GNS science.