Vanuatu

ICAT supported to Vanuatu to enhance institutional arrangements for greenhouse gas inventory MRV systems in priority sectors (waste, agriculture, IPPU and transport) and to conduct agriculture policy impact assessments, resulting in recommendations for including agriculture sector policies in Vanuatu’s enhanced NDC. A follow-up project is building on the work of the first project, supporting the development of national frameworks and technical capacities that align with international standards, IPCC best practices, and the requirements of the Paris Agreement, ensuring a robust and effective implementation of NDC 3.0.

ICAT tools used in the country

Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model

Status

In Progress

Start date

December, 2025

Overview

Strengthen Vanuatu’s capacity to effectively implement NDC 3.0 by enhancing national knowledge and ownership of greenhouse gas emissions data; undertaking mitigation assessments and projections; and institutionalizing essential data systems for the energy and livestock sectors. Building on the achievements of the first ICAT project, the project focuses on developing national frameworks and technical capacities that align with international standards, IPCC best practices, and the requirements of the Paris Agreement, ensuring a robust and effective implementation of NDC 3.0.

GHG projections

NDC tracking

Policy assessment

Sectoral climate data systems

Developing Livestock Survey for Vanuatu’s agriculture sector
Improvement of the National Energy Balance to enable Activity data collection according to the ETF requirements
Building capacity for activity data management in the agriculture and energy sectors Project closing

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Status

Complete

Start date

March, 2023

End date

March, 2025

Overview

The project focuses on building Vanuatu’s capacity in:

Implementing elements of the GHG inventory MRV systems for the prioritized categories based on a sustainable institutional arrangement for managing GHG data aiming to institutionalize sectoral inventories and create a robust evidence base for agriculture policy impact analysis based on ICAT methodology,
measuring the performance of the targeted climate policies and actions in livestock, and
Develop recommendations for including agriculture sector policies in Vanuatu’s enhanced NDC.

MRV frameworks

Policy assessment

Building national capacity in GHG inventory
Building a foundation for the NDC targets
Tracking and creating the evidence platform for climate policies through improving Vanuatu’s national inventory system for collecting GHG-related data
Building national capacity in Vanuatu in GHG and sustainable development policy assessment (in the agriculture sector) using ICAT tools.