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New mobile app and booklet to help preserve Vanuatu’s traditional climate knowledge

For thousands of years, people in Vanuatu have observed species such as birds, marine animals and plants to help predict the weather and climate.

 

Vanuatu hit by Cyclone Lola, the region’s earliest ever Category 5 cyclone

30 October 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu: Staff of the Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu Project (known locally by its Bislama acronym, VanKIRAP) wish to convey their sympathies to all those impacted by Category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone Lola.

 

Vanuatu hosts National Climate Outlook Forum just a week after severe tropical cyclone Lola

30 November 2023 – Luganville, Vanuatu - Vanuatu’s felt the full force of nature when severe tropical Cyclone Lola hit the northern and central regions of the country last week, leaving two dead and a path of devastation in its wake. This unfortunate climate-related event underscores precisely why access to accurate, up-to-date information about Vanuatu's climate is so important.

 

Whatever the weather, Vanuatu’s met service observers equipped to gather good data

04 October 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu - Rain or shine, weather data is collected daily all over Vanuatu by a network of weather observers from Vanuatu’s national meteorological service, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD).

Climate Centres deliver climate information to the ‘last mile’ in Vanuatu

29 September 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu – A significant expansion of the climate information dissemination network in Vanuatu is being celebrated with the newly inaugurated Community Climate Centres launched in Lakatoro, Malekula, and Saratamata, Ambae.

Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation establishes new unit dedicated to climate change reporting.

21 September 2023, Port Vila – Vanuatu is ranked as the most vulnerable country in the world to natural disasters due to its geographic location. The impacts of climate change have greatly exacerbated the severe weather events and natural disasters that affect Vanuatu’s 83 islands and more than 330,000 people.