July 2025, Port Resolution, Tanna Island – In a powerful model of community-led climate action, the coastal village of Ifatarapa at Port Resolution has partnered with the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) to install a critical new Automatic Weather Station (AWS), boosting the community’s defenses against intensifying extreme weather.

4 July 2025, Port Vila – In a significant boost to Vanuatu's climate communication efforts, 24 staff members of the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD) have been equipped with practical skills to design and execute impactful community outreach activities.

In a move to strengthen climate resilience across Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Secretariat of the  Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through its European Union (EU)- funded  Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Applications (ClimSA) project, organised for representatives of the Pacific Regional Climate Centre – Network (RCC-N), consisting of the Bureau of Meteorology – Australia, Pacific Community (SPC), SPREP, and  other Pacific Regional Centres at the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) to attend a week and a half long meeting with the Caribbean I

31 March 2025, Port Vila: Vanuatu’s innovative ClimateWatch project, an initiative of Earthwatch Australia which merges citizen science with traditional knowledge to combat climate impacts, was in the spotlight at the recent Global Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Fund workshop held in the Asia-Pacific region from March 3–7, 2025 in Thailand.

10 March 2025 – Port Vila, Vanuatu – In a bid to bridge the gap between climate science and public understanding, sixteen Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) staff members have been empowered to deliver critical climate, weather and geohazards updates in a more engaging, accessible, and visually compelling way.