Vanuatu’s Prime Minister condemned global inaction on climate change, financial reform, and decolonisation while urging immediate collective action to protect vulnerable nations
Category: Vanuatu
Vanuatu leads the charge to make ecocide an International Crime
Vanuatu is leading a historic charge to make ecocide a recognised crime under international law, challenging the world to confront the devastating impact of environmental destruction
Vanuatu appoints Ralph Regenvanu as Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment
Vanuatu has appointed Ralph Regenvanu as its Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment to lead the nation’s global climate advocacy efforts
Vanuatu pushes ICC to recognise ecocide as international crime
Vanuatu’s UN representative has urged the International Criminal Court to recognise ecocide as the fifth international crime under the Rome Statute, emphasising the urgent need to protect the environment and hold perpetrators accountable
A metal chest brings laughter to a cyclone-ravaged community in remote Vanuatu
With partners, UNICEF continues to support cyclone response efforts
Attorney General’s Office collects evidence for ICJ on Tanna
Vanuatu’s AG and legal team gather firsthand testimonies of the climate change impacts on communities to support the nation’s case at the ICJ, highlighting the human aspect and human rights violations
Devastated by three cyclones in one year, Vanuatu laments impact of triple planetary crisis at plastics treaty talks
Vanuatu called for a global treaty to combat plastic pollution, urging consideration of impacts on human health and the environment, with emphasis on the triple planetary crisis and recent cyclones affecting Pacific countries
New mobile app and booklet to help preserve Vanuatu’s traditional climate knowledge
Vanuatu launched a new mobile app and booklet to fuse traditional climate knowledge with modern forecasting methods, enabling citizen scientists to document and analyse indicator species for effective climate change adaptation
New Vanuatu road design guide builds climate resilience into nation’s road network
New Vanuatu Road Design Guide to improve the nation’s road network ability to withstand climate-related impacts like extreme rainfall and sea level rise
Vanuatu’s climate data in safe hands
Vanuatu’s meteorologists and climatologists undergo training on CliDE to improve their capacity in collecting, storing, and analysing climate data for reliable predictions