Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project
The VCAP Project has two parts. VCAP 1 started in 2014 and ended in 2018. VCAP 2 Project is worth around $12.5 million USD or about 1.5 billion Vatu in total. This project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF). VCAP 2 will help to strengthen government capacity to deliver services to project sites throughout Vanuatu.
VCAP 2 differs from VCAP 1 in that much of its funding from the GEF focuses on supporting environmental resource protection and bio-diversity which is the variety of living organisms in Vanuatu. This entails the survey and establishment of terrestrial and marine protected areas, the registration of these protected areas, and implementing resource management plans with communities. Activities to protect the environment against land degradation are also being supported through the project.
Vanuatu Rural Electrification Project
This project supports solar home systems (SHS), micro and mini grids in rural areas, strengthen institutions, and increase business opportunities for the private sector for the supply decentralized electricity services. This project has transitioned from “plug and play” systems to more advanced SHS that require technical support, micro grids and mini grids where the latter can be supported on economic or piloting benefits.
The project includes three components, which includes provision of solar home systems and micro grids in rural areas of Vanuatu, Construction of mini grids in rural areas of Vanuatu and Technical Assistance and Project management.
National Green Energy Fund
Established in 2018, the National Green Energy Fund is a national financing vehicle designed to assist the Government to achieve its National Energy Roadmap targets through both public and private investment in technology and infrastructure across Vanuatu.
The National Green Energy Fund aims to boost households and public institutions’ energy access, while also providing a pathway for local businesses and industries to invest in clean, climate - resilient energy that meets their economic needs, creating transformative opportunities for rural communities.
The National Green Energy Fund is helping to channel finance toward clean energy technologies and infrastructure on the remote islands.
The operations and administration of the Fund is overseen by a Board that is represented by the Government and civil society and promotes gender inclusion to enable greater participation of women and other vulnerable groups in clean energy development in Vanuatu.
The National Green Energy Fund was established by the Government of Vanuatu under the Department of Energy, with funding and technical support from the Global Green Growth Institute.
Van-KIRAP
The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redi, Adapt mo Protekt (Van-KIRAP) Project was established in Vanuatu as part of the Global Framework for Climate Services, through funding from the Green Climate Fund, to address the missing link between climate information services and sector activities and plans to improve resilience in Vanuatu.
When the World Meteorology Organization initiated the Global Framework for Climate Services in 2018, all national services around the world were encouraged to establish their own frameworks.
The Vanuatu Meteorological Services developed its own Vanuatu Framework for Climate Services.
This framework outlined that climate information must be tailored for each sector, to reflect what the Global Framework is doing, hence the Van-KIRAP Project.
National Advisory Board
Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk reduction (NAB) is the supreme policy-making and advisory body for all disaster risk reduction and climate change programs, projects, initiatives and activities.
For more detailed information about the National Advisory Board and its Climate Change programs, projects, initiatives and the activities please visit our site.