Vanuatu GCF Country Program

The Vanuatu GCF Country Program outlines a strategic approach to climate transformation, identifying key vulnerabilities, policy gaps, and a prioritised portfolio of project ideas. It emphasizes a shift from top-down interventions to demand-driven, community-led solutions involving the private sector and civil society. The program categorizes project ideas into Pipeline A (high priority for 2019-2020) and Pipeline B, covering sectors such as water security, climate-resilient agriculture, renewable energy, and coastal protection, with a total estimated grant requirement of over 710 million USD.

• Vanuatu is identified as the most vulnerable country globally to the negative effects of climate change, ranking first in the World Risk Index 2016 and 2017 for overall risk and exposure to natural hazards.
• The country's greenhouse gas emissions are extremely low, representing under 0.0016% of global emissions, and Vanuatu is considered a net sink for GHG emissions when including forestry and land use sequestration.
• Climate projections for Vanuatu indicate a mean temperature increase of 1.2°C by 2040 and a sea level rise around the islands of 6-10mm per annum between 1993 and 2011, which is approximately three times the global average rate.
• The National Energy Roadmap (NERM) sets ambitious targets for 100% electricity generation from renewable energy and 100% electricity access by 2030, though only about 58% of the population had access to electricity in 2016.
• A significant gap exists in climate finance implementation; a 2018 review found that 58% of finance flows were "off budget" and not tracked through government financial management information systems.
• The document identifies a critical need to move away from "top down supply push" project designs toward "demand driven/pull bottom up" approaches to ensure local community needs are met.
• Gender-responsive solutions are essential as women are more susceptible to climate effects, with 49% of women compared to 41% of men involved in subsistence agriculture.
• The GCF project pipeline is divided into Pipeline A (23 ideas) and Pipeline B (20 ideas), with a total estimated GCF grant requirement of 710,312,106 USD and PPF support of 10,747,388 USD.
• Pipeline A prioritises 12 adaptation and 4 mitigation proposal ideas, with a strong focus on water security, climate-resilient agriculture, and the operationalization of the National Green Energy Fund.
• The document argues for the accreditation of the Ministry of Finance & Economic Management or the Ministry of Climate Change as Direct Access Entities to reduce reliance on international accredited entities.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2021). Vanuatu GCF Country Program. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/vanuatu-country-programme.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Vanuatu GCF Country Program. 2021. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/vanuatu-country-programme.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2021vanuatu, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Vanuatu GCF Country Program}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/vanuatu-country-programme.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }