Pacific ministers ended five days of negotiations, technical sessions and ministerial talks here, adopting the Manubada Call to Action.

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.

Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable

A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.

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

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of 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...

Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics

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

Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation said the step was on ‘behalf of everybody’

In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said states have a legal responsibility to act on climate change

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.

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the International Court of Justice.

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

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu governments have announced the first Indigenous-led multinational ocean reserve, the Melanesian Ocean Reserve

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...

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...

Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host climate summit

Podcast Episode · Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · 29/05/2025 · 1h 3m

The Government of Vanuatu, alongside legal and youth climate leaders, has urged the global community to prepare for a key moment in international climate law as the International Court of Justice…

Pacific leaders and allies expressed their disappointment at an agreement to tackle shipping emissions during the International Maritime Organisation by refusing to support it.

Countries break ten-year deadlock to agree measures to reduce commercial shipping emissions.

Driven by Pacific leadership, the International Maritime Organisation is on the brink of making history with binding regulations to phase out fossil fuel use in global shipping. At a press conference ...

Exclusive: Jotham Napat said pact must be taken ‘back to the drawing board’ and should reflect climate change as security issue

A proposed tax on shipping emissions gains new backers at IMO talks, but big emerging economies argue it will hit developing nations hard

A strong, equitable carbon tax on shipping would benefit climate-vulnerable communities — and it's getting fresh support

True cost and psychological toll of the December quake emerges as the Pacific country grapples with its third major disaster in two years