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Background

In Vanuatu climate change is likely to impact all sectors especially agriculture, water, coastal and marine resources and infrastructure as well as tourism. Agriculture is entirely rain-fed and is susceptible to changes in rainfall distribution. Intense and prolonged rainfall could damage seedlings, result in greater run-off and soil erosion and encourage conditions that promote pests and diseases. Drought combined with higher temperatures could cause added thermal stress on plants.

Key Vulnerabilities

Agriculture/Food Security
Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
Water Resources
Public Health

Potential Adaptation Measures

Agriculture and Food Security

Switch to different cultivars
Improve and conserve soils
Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation

Water Resources

Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination
Decrease water demands, e.g. by increasing efficiency, reducing water losses, water recycling, changing irrigation practices
Improve or develop water management
Alter system operating rules, e.g. pricing policies, legislation

Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems

Develop Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Vanuatu - National Communication June 19, 2009

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA)

June 22, 2009

National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Vanuatu.