Ralph Regenvanu

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.” ~
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'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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Vanuatu's Minister for Climate Change Ralph Regenvanu said that the extension of the project is "a slap in the face for Pacific Island countries who have repeatedly called on Australia to stop approving new fossil fuel projects".
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During the High-level Segment at #ClimateSDGSynergy Conference, 🇻🇺Vanuatu Minister Ralph Regenvanu noted that for his country #ClimateChange is not abstract but is currently impacting #FoodSystems, schools and sovereignty. He stressed that the “money for action is there, but it’s in the wrong place”

World awaits historic ICJ Climate ruling: Vanuatu demands Justice, not just Carbon cuts | PINA 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…

“Despite Vanuatu’s own contributions to climate change being minimal, Vanuatu and our neighbouring small island states suffer severe repeated climate impacts that devastate our economy and people. We are finding ourselves on the front lines of a crisis we did not create.” -- @rregenvanu.bsky.social

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

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Global breakthrough agreement to tackle shipping emissions - BBC News Countries break ten-year deadlock to agree measures to reduce commercial shipping emissions.

"Let us be clear about who has abandoned 1.5°C. Saudi Arabia, the US and fossil fuel allies pushed down the numbers to an untenable level and blocked progress at every turn," said Ralph Regenvanu, minister of energy and climate change for Vanuatu.
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Pacific Ministers push to lock in clean energy transition at International Maritime Organization - Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport 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 ...

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New Vanuatu PM says he will ‘revisit’ 2022 security agreement with Australia Exclusive: Jotham Napat said pact must be taken ‘back to the drawing board’ and should reflect climate change as security issue

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

Will we get a decently high carbon price* on international shipping that helps communities on the frontline of climate impacts? Big decision in April. Fingers crossed @rregenvanu.bsky.social

*nb: shipping fuel currently untaxed with pollution growing

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

Comment: Pricing the shipping industry's one billion tonnes of annual emissions – around 3% of all global emissions – is the best way to deliver a transition to zero emissions by 2050 in a way that is fair and equitable.

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New Cabinet/Executive, Government of Vanuatu

Today Hon. Jotham Napat was elected as the new Prime Minister of Vanuatu. I was then appointed by him Vanuatu's Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geohazards and Disaster Management