9 September 2025. Ipota, Erromango, Vanuatu – The remote community of Ipota, close to 2,000 people are now better equipped to face the challenges of a changing climate and natural hazards, thanks to the official launch of its new Community Climate Centre (CCC).
The Centre, established by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) and the Van-KIRAP project, will serve as a vital hub for weather, climate, and disaster information.
06 September 2023, Apia – The application and leveraging of digital technologies to address environmental issues was highlighted during a side event at the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa, on Wednesday.
18 August 2023 - Port Vila, Vanuatu. OSCAR – the ‘tailOred System of Climate services for AgRiculture’ developed by the APEC Climate Centre (APCC) as part of the Vanuatu Climate Information Services for Resilient Development Planning Project (VanKIRAP) was handed over to the Vanuatu Government at an official ceremony held in Port Vila last week.
16 August 2023, Nadi Fiji – A new tailor-made tool which gives the people of Vanuatu the ability to make informed decisions to improve crop resilience based on what is happening in the local climate has been launched by the Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redi, Adapt mo Protekt, (VanKIRAP) project on the margins of the Sixth Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting (PMC-6) in Denarau, Fiji.
The The Vanuatu Klaemaet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (Van-KIRAP) project conducted a training workshop in March 2019; to develop an Environment and Social Safeguards Plan (ESSMP).
The Van-KIRAP Environment and Social Safeguards Plan is a Green Climate Fund (GCF) and SPREP requirement that the project activities to be looked at through environmental and social lenses to see how the Van-KIRAP project can contribute to improved environmental and social management in Vanuatu and ensure no harm is caused.
The Vanuatu Klaemaet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (Van KIRAP) project held its third Steering Committee (Van-KIRAP SC-3) Meeting on 28 May 2019 at the Melanesia Hotel, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Resilient development in Vanuatu has been given a boost with available and tailored climate information services (or CIS), tools and institutional strengthening developed by the Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt project (Van-KIRAP) to better prepare Vanuatu’s policy makers and public for a changing climate.Resilient development in Vanuatu has been given a boost with available and tailored climate information services (or CIS), tools and institutional strengthening developed by the Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt
