Submitted by
irvina
on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 04:52
General Information
Resolution
46506
IUCN Constituent
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Country/Territory
Vanuatu
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Environment and Energy ( Vanuatu )
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The communities of Talise, Narovorovo and Nasawa are currently arranging for reticulated power distribution from the installed and commissioned 75kW Talise Hydro Project, which involved training around best practices for Environmental Impact Assessment in selecting hydropower sites.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The communities of Talise, Narovorovo and Nasawa will be successfully utilising electricity generated from the 75kW Talise Hydro Project upon completion of the distribution network for reticulated power.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
The ongoing work of IUCN with the Dept. of Energy in Vanuatu has led to requests by the Government of Vanuatu to partner with the Global Green Growth Institute in the development of a GCF proposal and the implementation, as an Accredited Entity, of the National Green Energy Fund, which would assist in providing rural access to electricity, land use planning for the development & improvement of outer island communities & safeguarding biodiversity.
Future action / activity
Field activities
Description
Final reticulation activities associated with the Talise Hydro project are still to take place.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat