The project will be delivering science to better prepare Vanuatu’s policy makers and public for a changing climate.
Project Components:
- Strengthen the VMGD platform to provide quality climate data and information for CIS
- Demonstrating the value of CIS at the sectoral and community levels.
- Development of CIS tools and engaging with stakeholders through outreach and communications.
- Strengthening the institutional capacity for long-term implementation of CIS in decision-making.
Vanuatu is among the most vulnerable countries on earth to the increasing impacts of climate change, including climate-related natural disasters and the effects of slow-onset events such as sea-level rise and ocean acidification.
As the effects of global warming manifest and the hazards of climate change arise at accelerating rates, there is a need to shift the paradigm towards the standardized and mainstreamed use of science based climate information, at multiple timescales, to support resilient development pathways. The proposed project will support this paradigm shift through the strengthening and application of Climate Information Services in five targeted development sectors: tourism; agriculture; infrastructure; water and fisheries.
More specifically, the project will build the technical capacity in Vanuatu to harness and manage climate data; develop and deliver practical CIS tools and resources; support enhanced coordination and dissemination of tailored information; enhance CIS information and technology infrastructure; and support the application of relevant CIS through real-time development processes, for more resilient outcomes.
The project has a focus on addressing information gaps and priority needs of target beneficiaries at national, provincial and local community levels across the five priority sectors.
The project will deliver:
- Enhanced capacity and capability of national development agents, to understand, access and apply CIS
- Enhanced CIS communications, knowledge products, tools, and resources for practical application to development processes.
- Enhanced reliability, functionality, utility and timeliness of underlying CIS delivery systems and data collection infrastructure.
- Enhanced scientific data, information and knowledge of past, present and future climate to facilitate innovated and resilient development
Online Climate Dashboards (Climate Tools):
- VanKIRAP Portal - https://van-kirap.ts.r.appspot.com/dashboard
- VanKIRAP Vanuatu Climate Services for Agriculture (OSCAR) - https://vacsa.epinet.kr/login.do
- VanKIRAP Sarakata river alert dashboard - https://public.eagle.io/public/dash/c591gs61b7nimkf
Click the following link to subscribe to VanKIRAP Project Updates:
- https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/74210/67363376456533233/share