Vanuatu and the Pacific: From the Pam disaster to rehabilitation and sustainable development

The 9th edition of European Development Days 2015 (EDD2015) will take place from 3-4th June at Tour & Taxi, Brussels. This panel addresses the impact of cyclone Pam which hit the Pacific in March 2015, with winds gusting to around 300 km per hour and seas surging onto the islands, specifically in Vanuatu, destroying crops, uprooting trees and flattening infrastructure. It takes into consideration the number of shared issues between the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States' small island developing states (SIDS) including their geographical isolation, their limited size (and thus minor agricultural sectors and reduced domestic markets), and their vulnerability to climate hazards and climate change.

Speakers include Michael Hailu, CTA’s Director, Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, Jethro Green, Executive Secretary of the Caribbean Farmer's Network, Len Ishamel, Ambassador of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Mission to the European Union, Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador of Vanuatu to the European Union and President of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors and Guy Stinglhamber, General Delegate, Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee – COLEACP. The debate will be moderated by Amos Taporaie, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nation Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD).

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