Record climate package

Vanuatu’s government has signed the largest ever investment in community-based climate change adaption in the Pacific region. The US$32.6 million (NZ$51m) project will equip rural communities to become more resilient to climate change. It will also reach nearly half of Vanuatu’s rural population across all six provinces. The project is supported primarily by a US$26.2m (NZ$41m) grant from the Green Climate Fund. Vanuatu’s government is providing a further US$1.5m (NZ$2.3m), the Australian Government US$4.6m (NZ$7.2m) and Save the Children US$300,000 (NZ$470,000). The funding will go towards projects to equipping communities for climate change by providing knowledge, technical help and equipment for agriculture and fisheries.