Vanuatu

Responses

Disaster Risk Management

Sectors

Disaster Risk Management (Drm)

Instruments

Direct Investment

Early warning systems

Governance

International cooperation MRV Subnational and citizen participation

Information

Research & Development, knowledge generation

Regulation

Standards, obligations and norms

Meteorology, Geological hazards and Climate Change Act no 25/2016

Legislative

Act

Passed in 2017

The Meteorology, Geological hazards and Climate Change act sets the following objectives: 1) to ensure a high quality services provided in relation to weather, climate, flood forecasting and geological hazards; 2) to promote capacities of governments, communities and organisations to understand and respond to risks arising frim weather events, climate change and geological hazards; 3) address the needs of operators of ships and aircrafts and of tourists to access all necessary weather forecasts, bulletins, alerts, warnings and information concerning geological hazards; 4) facilitate the use and application of relevant information, forecasts, bulletins and warnings generated to and by local, regional and international bodies.

Documents

Full text (PDF) (English)