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Climate Change Mitigation Disaster Risk Management Flood Hazard Hydro-meteorological hazard Landslide Natural hazard Resilience Vulnerability Government, law and administration Policy and planning Meteorology and Weather Climate Rainfall Weather Natural Resources and the Environment Inland waters Water
The Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP) is implementing the Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu (CISRD), or Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong redy, adapt mo protekt (Van-KIRAP) Project.
Climate Change Vulnerability Disaster Risk Management Cyclone Disaster risk Early warning system Earthquake Flood Hazard Natural hazard Tsunami Volcanic eruption Vulnerability
Vanuatu is one of the most vulnerable countries to natural hazards on the planet, (World Bank, 2011). More than three quarters of the population are at risk from not just one, but multiple disaster events, including: tsunamis, volcano eruptions, flooding, cyclones and many more. According to the Pacific Catastrophic Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI), undertaken by SPC and World Bank in 2010, Vanuatu can lose up to VT4 Billion in one year due to cyclone and earthquakes.