* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Download project_brief_gcca
Instrumental temperature record wikipedia , lookup
Economics of climate change mitigation wikipedia , lookup
Soon and Baliunas controversy wikipedia , lookup
Global warming controversy wikipedia , lookup
Myron Ebell wikipedia , lookup
Michael E. Mann wikipedia , lookup
Global warming wikipedia , lookup
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference wikipedia , lookup
Climate change feedback wikipedia , lookup
Climatic Research Unit email controversy wikipedia , lookup
Fred Singer wikipedia , lookup
Heaven and Earth (book) wikipedia , lookup
General circulation model wikipedia , lookup
Effects of global warming on human health wikipedia , lookup
Climatic Research Unit documents wikipedia , lookup
ExxonMobil climate change controversy wikipedia , lookup
Climate sensitivity wikipedia , lookup
Climate resilience wikipedia , lookup
Politics of global warming wikipedia , lookup
Climate change denial wikipedia , lookup
German Climate Action Plan 2050 wikipedia , lookup
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment wikipedia , lookup
Economics of global warming wikipedia , lookup
Effects of global warming wikipedia , lookup
Climate change in Australia wikipedia , lookup
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wikipedia , lookup
Climate engineering wikipedia , lookup
Climate governance wikipedia , lookup
Attribution of recent climate change wikipedia , lookup
Citizens' Climate Lobby wikipedia , lookup
Climate change and agriculture wikipedia , lookup
Solar radiation management wikipedia , lookup
Climate change in Tuvalu wikipedia , lookup
Climate change in the United States wikipedia , lookup
Climate change adaptation wikipedia , lookup
Media coverage of global warming wikipedia , lookup
Scientific opinion on climate change wikipedia , lookup
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme wikipedia , lookup
Public opinion on global warming wikipedia , lookup
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report wikipedia , lookup
Effects of global warming on humans wikipedia , lookup
Climate change and poverty wikipedia , lookup
Surveys of scientists' views on climate change wikipedia , lookup
Project brief National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Global Climate Change Alliance – Vanuatu Project (GCCA-V) Funding Administrator: European Commission Total funding: 93.6 million vatu (Component A) Status: Implementation phase Sectors: Climate Change Adaptation; Disaster Risk Reduction; all sectors Lead GoV Agency: Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) Media Contact: Williams Worworkan, Principal Training Officer, VMGD, [email protected] Funding source: Global Climate Change Alliance Duration: April 2012 to January 2014 Project type: Institutional strengthening; Mainstreaming; Data collection; Policy development Scope: National and provincial Other GoV Agencies: Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) Project Contact: Brian Phillips, Manager, Project Management Unit,VMGD, [email protected] Objective: To mainstream climate change adaptation and climate related disaster risk reduction into core aspects of Vanuatu’s governance processes, policy and decision making. Description: GCCA–Vanuatu consists of two separate components with differing objectives and implementation modes. Component A – the subject of this brief – covers the enhancement of policy development on and institutional strengthening of climate change in Vanuatu. Component B focuses on increasing resilience to climate change and natural hazards and will be implemented by the World Bank through an Administrative Agreement between the European Commission and World Bank (see separate brief on the IRCCNH project). The activities to be implemented under Component A are: 1. Developing a national climate change and disaster risk reduction policy and action plan 2. Seminars for mainstreaming CC & DRR into sector policies and plans (part of policy implementation in late 2013) 3. Training for the enforcement of environment-related laws and handling of ozone depleting substances 4. NAB meetings and attendance of Vanuatu officials in regional and international CC/DRR fora 5. Stakeholder and climate finance mapping 6. Training the Rainfall Monitoring Network to collect climate change data 7. Developing a national Information, Communication and Engagement Strategy for CC & DRR 8. A national workshop to develop consistent CC & DRR messaging amongst all stakeholders 9. A Climate Change Symposium 1 Project brief National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction 10. Collecting and sharing lessons learned and best practice adaptation 11. Establishing a framework on Traditional Knowledge & Indicators on CC & DRR 12. Collecting data on agricultural sector adaptation practices through a second Agro-meteorological Summit 13. Visibility and communications activities Progress to date and current activities: The first six months of implementation involved the establishment of the new National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction and the Project Management Unit (PMU) as Secretariat to the NAB. Three full time staff are currently funded under the GCCA-V to implement the activities listed above, with three more staff to commence in January. Several mini-NAB meetings were held with key stakeholders throughout 2012, along with two consultation workshops on the development of a national climate change and disaster risk reduction policy and action plan for Vanuatu. The PMU also developed and sought EU approval for additional GCCA-V activities for 2013, and began its role in the coordination of national CC and DRR activities more broadly through: business plan development; various stakeholder meetings; participation in a range of workshops on CC and DRR related activities; and ensuring NAB oversight of several projects about to commence in Vanuatu – including two large projects administered by the World Bank. In November, DEPC held training workshops in Port Vila and in several provinces on enforcing environmentrelated laws. The Department will be holding training workshops on the handing of ozone depleting substances in early 2013. Most GCCA-V activities will be carried out in 2013. Background: Vanuatu is exposed to both climatic and geological risks. The country’s vulnerability is further amplified by a narrow economic base and a number of other socio-economic factors such as a predominately rural based population dependant on subsistence agriculture. Accordingly the Supplementary Prioritised Action Agenda (PAA) places emphasis on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. In 1989 the Vanuatu Government formed the National Advisory Committee on Climate Change (NACCC), what is now the National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) to advise the government on matters relating to climate and coordinate climate change initiatives in the country. The Climate Change Unit of the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department played the significant role of climate change policy coordination as Secretariat to the NACCC. However this Unit had limited human resources and capacities and needed strengthening to undertake its key functions effectively. Therefore this project is primarily focussed on strengthening the capacity of the Climate Change Unit (CCU) to deliver effective Secretariat services to the NAB and technical support for improved climate change policy development, mainstreaming and coordination. The overarching Financial Agreement between the Vanuatu Government and European Union was signed in late 2009. The first Programme Estimate for implementation of the first tranche of funding was finalised in April 2012. A new Program Estimate for enhanced and additional activities to spend all of the available funding (800,000 Euro) was approved in November 2012. 2