The Latest Breaking News from Vanuatu

Twin cyclones hit Pacific island nation already struggling to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As farmers in PNG recover from a long drought and rush to replant in Vanuatu after twin cyclones last month, a forecast El Niño weather pattern could hamper recovery efforts and threaten food supplies.

The United States plans to open an embassy in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the State Department said on Friday, in Washington's latest move to boost its diplomatic presence in the Pacific to counter China's growing influence.

Members of the United Nations General Assembly have adopted a historic resolution that advances the climate justice cause by calling for the UN’s top court to lay out states’ obligations to fight climate change and reduce global warming.

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…