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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 12d

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 14d

Vanuatu’s Climate Minister: “We Are Already Past Adaptation”
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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 14d

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

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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 15d

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 17d

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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 28d

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · 29d

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

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jul 24

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...

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jul 25

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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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Dialogue Earth @dialogueearth.bsky.social · Jun 20

@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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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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Chris McDermott @chrismcdermott.bsky.social · Jun 16

“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

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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 15

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 15

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 6

"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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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jun 3

“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...

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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 2

Shameful by our Citizenship Office

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Jun 1

A deep dive into the background to Vanuatu's international climate leadership
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Sovereignty and Survival: A Spotlight on Vanuatu

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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · May 30

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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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · May 27

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”

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Amie J. Woeber @ajwconsulting.bsky.social · May 15

“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

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…

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Apr 12

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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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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Apr 12

"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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Global breakthrough agreement to tackle shipping emissions - BBC News

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

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Ralph Regenvanu @rregenvanu.bsky.social · Apr 9

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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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