The World Risk Report has ranked Vanuatu as the world’s most at-risk country to natural disasters and
extreme weather events, making climate change the greatest ongoing threat to the well-being and
livelihoods of its people and ecosystems.
For generations, Traditional Knowledge about plants, animals and climate patterns has allowed
communities in Vanuatu to plan and prepare for local conditions. However, unbanisation has
significantly decreased the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge. In recent times Vanuatu
