The Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation (MoCCA) through Vanuatu’s National Designated Authority (NDA) is pleased to announce two significant projects on Climate Change Adaptation, the Climate Change in the Coastal Zone in Vanuatu (VCAP 2) and Vanuatu Climate Change Resilience Project (VCCRP).

The Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology and Geo-Hazards, National Disaster Management Office, Energy, and Environment Protection reviewed and validated its Corporate Plan for 2022 to 2026.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated annually on February 2 to raise awareness about wetlands.This year’s theme, as set by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, is “Wetlands Action for People and Nature”.

A bilateral Agreement on climate change cooperation was signed yesterday on November 11, 2021 between Vanuatu and Switzerland on the side of the COP26 climate conference.

The signing was done virtually via Zoom between the Hon. Minister of Climate Change, Energy, Environment Protection and Conservation, Meteorology & Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management, Bruno Lengkone Tao and Member of the Swiss Federal Council, Her Excellency Simonetta Sommaruga.

For the first time on October 25, 2021, Vanuatu hosted a two-day Pre-COP event in Port Vila, starting with a High-Level Ministerial Segment that involved the Honourable Prime Minister, Bob Loughman Weibur and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Rt. Honourable Broness Patricia Scotland.

The purpose of the Pre-COP event was to provide a setting to discuss and exchange views on some key political aspects of the negotiations and offer political guidance for subsequent negotiations.

A one-day media workshop for Vanuatu media Officers, communication officers in Government sector and also Non-Government Organizations on October 21 in preparation for the COP-26 Session.

The Training aimed at enhancing and providing the right information to all media officers and communication officers about what COP-26 is all about.