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This project will build capacity to harness and manage climate data, develop and deliver practical Climate Information Services (CIS) tools and support the coordination and dissemination of tailored information. It will enhance CIL related information and technology infrastructure, improve the accessibility of CIS to sectors and communities and support the application of CIS through real-time development processes.

This document reviews existing information on climate and climate change as they affect Vanuatu's Water sector and summarises current policies, strategies and frameworks. It provides the Water Climate Action Plan and Communication Plan developed through collaboration between the Water Resources Division and the Vanuatu Meteorology and GeoHazards Department (VMGD)

Assessment of vulnerability to climate change undertaken over the last two decades have identified Vanuatu as highly exposed to climate variability and change and at risks of impacts, with the country ranked 9th globally under the Climate Risk Index for 1998-2017.

The Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (Van-KIRAP) Project is delivering climate science to support decision makers and communities in Vanuatu to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change. Although Vanuatu has been identified as a carbon sink, it is significantly affected already by changing weather patterns and the start of slow-onset climate change, such as warming oceans.

This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.

The purpose of this report is to provide Wan Smolbag Theatre’s (WSB) Vanua-Tai Turtle Monitors Network and partners with a summary of tagging and nesting information that has been submitted to SPREP for incorporation into the regional Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS). This report also aims to provide information that can be used to assist turtle conservation work carried out in Vanuatu.

This report covers the Vanuatu component of a project involving waste oil audits in Fiji and Vanuatu to establish volumes of hydraulic and lubricating oils imported annually into these countries and to confirm the volumes of waste oil produced, stored or otherwise disposed. The work was carried out by Contract Environmental Ltd under a contract to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding provided by the French Development Agency. Most of the information required for the audit was obtained in a country visit to Vanuatu which took place from 22 to 26 October 2012 and was organised through the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC). There are two major suppliers of lubricating and hydraulic oil in the country and a number of other minor suppliers. Based on Customs’ import data, the total imports of lubricating and hydraulic oil are around 750,000 L per year.