{"id":75796,"date":"2025-09-23T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=75796"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:21:59","slug":"how-vanuatu-is-facing-up-to-rising-climate-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/09\/23\/how-vanuatu-is-facing-up-to-rising-climate-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"How Vanuatu is facing up to rising climate risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The 8th Adaptation Futures conference will be held in \u014ctautahi Christchurch, New Zealand from October 13-16, 2025. The climate challenges of Pacific island nations will form a key part of the event.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vanuatu, a collection of 83 islands separated by around 1,300 km deep in the South Pacific Ocean, is among a group of ocean states widely regarded as uniquely exposed to climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Risk Index, created by German academics and NGOs, has consistently ranked Vanuatu as the world\u2019s most vulnerable country to climate risks and natural disasters. <\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-374498130\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Geography plays a large role in this because of Vanuatu&#8217;s proximity to the Pacific \u201cRing of Fire\u201d &#8211; an area of strong volcanic activity and earthquakes &#8211; and its position close to the centre of a cyclone belt. Cyclonic storms have become more frequent and powerful in recent years due to global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category 5 tropical cyclones &#8211; the most severe &#8211; are particularly occurring more often. In 2015, Cyclone Pam damaged an estimated 90% of all buildings in Vanuatu and impacted half the population. This was followed by Cyclone Harold in 2020 when winds of up to 125 miles per hour caused an estimated US$768 million in damages across the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason for Vanuatu\u2019s vulnerability is its scattered population around coasts that are exposed to rising sea levels. A total of 325,000 people live across 65 islands, characterised by rugged terrain and limited infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/04\/22\/giving-nature-breathing-room-builds-climate-resilience\/\">Giving nature breathing room builds climate resilience<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these limitations, the country is finding new and innovative ways to protect its population against climate threats and regain its economic competitiveness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ongoing project on the country\u2019s largest island, Espiritu Santo, is trialling techniques to support communities adapt. The project grant &#8211; funded by the Adaptation Fund and managed by UNDP through the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adaptation-fund.org\/apply-funding\/innovation-grants\/adaptation-fund-climate-innovation-accelerator-afcia\/\">AFCIA<\/a>) &#8211; focuses on a number of areas that can benefit these isolated communities. Key components include ecosystem restoration, disaster preparedness, improving food security and strengthening institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-75798\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-480x480.jpg 480w\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Women on Western Santo are retraining in sustainable handicrafts to diversify income. (Image: SSEN) <\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-75798\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_20210319_132724-480x480.jpg 480w\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>Women on Western Santo are retraining in sustainable handicrafts to diversify income. (Image: SSEN) <\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disaster committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Paris Agreement set a clear goal of limiting global temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius with the aim of keeping to a safer ceiling of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-737291108\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post-2\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post-2\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under current scenarios, where average temperatures increase by more than 2C, island nations such as Vanuatu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescap.org\/kp\/2022\/pathways-adaptation-and-resilience-pacific-sids-subregional-report\">are predicted<\/a> to lose 20% of their GDP each year due to climate disasters. This is despite data <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/co2\/country\/vanuatu#what-share-of-global-co2-emissions-are-emitted-by-the-country\">which shows<\/a> Vanuatu contributed less than 0.01% of global carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joses Togase, a project manager at Santo Sunset Environment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santosunset.org\/\">Network<\/a> (SSEN), an Indigenous environmental group on the island, told Climate Home News that people in the region are facing serious threats from climate change. \u201cRising sea levels are damaging the coastal zones and eroding valuable local resources that people depend upon to support their livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further inland, he commented, people are experiencing an increase in landslides, soil erosion and flooding which is impacting crop production, forest cover and access to freshwater. \u201cThe unpredictable changing weather, heavy rainfalls, droughts, very rough storms, and more frequent tropical cyclones are major challenges the communities are facing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/08\/22\/climate-disasters-challenge-right-to-safe-and-adequate-housing\/\">Climate disasters challenge right to safe and adequate housing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Espiritu Santo project has supported community leaders, forest rangers and climate-related disaster committees to adapt to a changing climate. In 2023, the island was hit by two Category 5 cyclones within a week. The committees &#8211; with the help of the SSEN &#8211; immediately undertook a damage assessment and identified emergency needs so the government could act quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the future, this work will be supported by an upgraded early warning system and improved internet access &#8211; thanks to solar-powered satellite communication &#8211; to allow the community to access live weather advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-75799\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/60e23ca33976f.image_.jpg\" srcset=\"\" \/>\n        <figcaption>A woman demonstrating how to use a solar-powered coconut grinder. (Image: SSEN)<\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-75799\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/09\/60e23ca33976f.image_.jpg\" srcset=\"\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>A woman demonstrating how to use a solar-powered coconut grinder. (Image: SSEN)<\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to farm smart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Food security is often a concern in remote regions and extreme weather adds another layer of vulnerability to communities on Vanuatu. Under these circumstances, subsistence farmers need to switch to crops which have higher yields in a shorter growing season and are able to withstand much harsher weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, alongside encouraging families to maintain their traditional methods of food production, is seeking to raise awareness of climate-smart agriculture. Demonstration plots have been established to plant drought-resistant crops, such as manioc, kumara and taro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing cover crops between seasons to protect the soil, and intercropping, where more than one crop is grown side-by-side in the same field, are also promoted. These practices are designed to improve soil health, prevent erosion and protect against extreme weather.\u00a0<br><br>Togase believes these practices should be shared with other Pacific islands facing similar climate threats. \u201cThe traditional planting calendar, food crop planting and preservation are some of the important lessons,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/03\/07\/advancing-womens-rights-and-empowerment-in-climate-adaptation\/\">Advancing women\u2019s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increase in local awareness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Human settlements on Vanuatu date back over 3,000 years. In that time, Indigenous peoples have dealt with a range of environmental risks. The climate crisis is the latest in that series and local people are looking to utilise &#8211; and adapt &#8211; traditional ways of life to overcome these challenges. Groups such as SSEN provide an important connection between the community and government as they collectively navigate a way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Togase, recent interventions on Espiritu Santo have \u201cincreased understanding and realisation among the local people to become more conscious and alert\u201d in mitigating climate threats. This has, in part, been achieved through Indigenous knowledge sharing and respecting community governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Vanuatu faces an uncertain future, its people aren\u2019t shying away from these threats, but using nature, existing customs and new ideas to their advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Adam Wentworth is a freelance writer based in Brighton, UK<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indigenous knowledge and adaptation techniques are helping island communities survive the climate 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