The Latest Breaking News from Vanuatu

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the world's top court to define the obligations of states to combat climate change, a legal opinion that could drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

A landmark resolution by Vanuatu law students and its government to get climate change to the world's highest court has been adopted by the United Nations, in a bid to clarify if states are responsible for preventing climate harm.

Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.

Resolution hailed as ‘win for climate justice of epic proportions’ should make it easier to hold countries legally accountable for environmental failures

United Nations states, led by the small island of Vanuatu that has already weathered the damaging effects of climate change, have agreed to adopt a historic resolution Wednesday to request an opinion from the U.N.‘s highest court on how to strengthen countries’ legal obligations to curb warming and protect communities…

Pacific island state Vanuatu – one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change – has led the UN initiative.

Pacific nation is sponsoring resolution that will ask ICJ to rule on consequences for climate inaction

Two Category 4 cyclones hit Vanuatu within 72 hours in early March.

United States President Joe Biden is due in Sydney for a meeting with other Quad leaders in late May, with speculation mounting it might be part of a wider regional tour.

The case could establish countries' legal responsibilities to protect the climate.

Today’s IPCC report has given a ‘final warning’ to avert global catastrophe. We call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables, write politicians Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu