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An Island Nation in the South Pacific Leads the Latest Push for Climate Justice at the UN - Inside Climate News Vanuatu urges the U.N. to support a landmark International Court of Justice climate opinion that says governments have legal duties to confront climate change.

A small group of fossil-fuel powers often resists stronger climate rules. But most of the UN’s 193 countries still support a rules-based approach to global problems. Now Vanuatu is pushing a UN resolution that would anchor the ICJ’s climate ruling in international law and global policy.

US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.

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Upholding ICJ opinion vital for global climate action: Regenvanu Vanuatu has introduced the zero draft of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of States in

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More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

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Push for Fossil Fuel Phaseout Divides Countries at COP30 Climate Talks As negotiations draw close to a conclusion at the COP30 U.N. climate summit, nations are still sharply divided over the future of fossil fuels. Delegates representing dozens of countries have rejected...

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Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics

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Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s climate minister, expressed the frustration of many small developing nations: “This is unacceptable given the urgency we face in light of accelerating climate change.”

Pressure building as we enter the second last day of extraordinary session to adopt Net Zero Framework for shipping at IMO
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Watch @rregenvanu.bsky.social and Vishal Prasad of Vanuatu talk about climate change in the Pacific region.

Minister Regenvanu responds to Trump’s climate “con job” remark Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, has pushed back against remarks made by U.S. President Donald Trump, who dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world

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Vanuatu’s Climate Minister: “We Are Already Past Adaptation”
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Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil fuel industry influence Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation said the step was on ‘behalf of everybody’

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Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil fuel industry influence

Vanuatu pursues new UN resolution to turn ICJ climate opinion into action In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said states have a legal responsibility to act on climate change

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Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, has urged China and other major emitters to respect the Advisory Opinion, stating that “a true friend of the Pacific is one who stands with us in the fight for a safe climate.”
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Australia wants to expand a massive gas project but Pacific nations aren't happy Australia's move to expand Woodside's North West Shelf gas project has not been welcomed in the Pacific, which is fighting the most dramatic effects of climate change.

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How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

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Speaking at these Side Events today on the margins of the 54th Pacific Island Forum Leaders Summit #piflm54

We spoke to Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change @rregenvanu.bsky.social about why all countries should be concerned about the climate crisis. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/24/va...

Landmark ICJ ruling ‘removes a lot of excuses’ from world’s biggest emitters, says Vanuatu Climate Change Minister | CNN Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the International Court of Justice.

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Seven things we learned at the UN Ocean Conference (and one we didn’t) Presidents and Indigenous leaders, fishers and financiers were all on the Mediterranean coast for the UN’s big ocean meeting. These items were the talk of the town

@highseasalliance.bsky.social , @nicofournier.bsky.social , @rregenvanu.bsky.social & @taotaotasi.bsky.social offered critical insights on ocean protection, trawling & climate silence.
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Pacific Island Nations Announce Plans for Indigenous-Led Melanesian Ocean Reserve, a World First - EcoWatch Solomon Islands and Vanuatu governments have announced the first Indigenous-led multinational ocean reserve, the Melanesian Ocean Reserve

“The Melanesian Ocean Reserve will give the governments and peoples of Melanesia the ability to do much more to protect our ancestral waters from those who extract and exploit without concern for our planet and its living beings.” ~
Vanuatu’s Minister for Environment @rregenvanu.bsky.social

'We have to try everything': Vanuatu envoy taking climate fight to ICJ Tired of pleading for countries to act on climate change, Vanuatu upped the ante -- it asked the world's highest court if governments were legally obligated to do something about it."A lot of countrie...

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Melanesian Leaders Announce World’s Largest Indigenous-Led Marine Reserve - Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) Nice, June 12, 2025 - At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve to safeguard the ancestral waters, hom...

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"In a landmark achievement for the loss and damage architecture, the Santiago network has successfully completed the first match to deliver demand-driven technical assistance in Vanuatu"
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Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host climate summit

“This is not the leadership we want to see from Australia, if they are to be the host of COP at the same time.” - @rregenvanu.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Sovereignty and Survival: A Spotlight on Vanuatu Podcast Episode · Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · 29/05/2025 · 1h 3m

A deep dive into the background to Vanuatu's international climate leadership
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