Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramifications
Category: Vanuatu
Vanuatu calls on Australia to back its UN bid to recognise climate change harm
Vanuatu urges Australia’s new Labor government to support push for ICJ to issue a climate advisory opinion and prove its commitment to climate action and support for Pacific countries
Addressing Climate Change is Safeguarding Human Rights
The climate crisis is a human rights crisis, writes PM of Vanuatu
Vanuatu Climate Justice Campaign to elevate climate ambitions
Vanuatu’s Climate Justice Campaign is not to seek compensation for financial damages but to ensure climate ambitions are elevated, says Vanuatu’s Climate Diplomatic Task Force
Vanuatu declares a climate emergency
Vanuatu becomes the first Pacific Island country to pass a 17-point resolution declaring a climate emergency
Vanuatu shows how to reduce emissions through trade facilitation
Vanuatu has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by eliminating or reducing paperwork in the SPS certificate application and cargo clearance processes, write authors
Two major projects on climate change adaptation for Vanuatu approved
Projects to improve the resilience of the coastal zone in Vanuatu to the impacts of climate change in order to sustain livelihoods, food production and preserve and improve the quality of life
Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins’ crucial support
1,500 civil society groups from 130 countries back Vanuatu’s move to seek climate change protection from the international court of justice
‘The Pacific can’t survive if richest corporations and governments continue to put profits over people and planet’
Vanuatu PM warns that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if polluting countries continue to put profit over people and the planet.
Our land forever: Vanuatu’s climate-resilient future
Vanuatu to focus on cutting national greenhouse gas emissions by almost 10 percent and halve the amount of solid waste produced by 2030