Vanuatu parliament dissolved by president
1 month ago

Vanuatu parliament dissolved by president

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In Vanuatu where there's been a dramatic political development with the President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolving parliament. Pacific delegates at COP 29 in Azerbaijan continue to negotiate for more climate financing, as week two creeps towards the pointy end for the UN's climate talks. The price tag for climate finance is one trillion US dollars, an amount climate activists, leaders and NGO's like Oxfam Australia believe is an amount that could help the region with the impacts of Climate change, Oxfam in the Pacific's Executive Director, Eunice Wotene. As global climate talks continue at COP 29 in the Pacific, the impact of a warming climate is never too far from reality.

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Climate discussions near conclusion at COP29
1 month ago

Climate discussions near conclusion at COP29

ABC  

As the UN Climate Change Conference enters its final three days, there's uncertainty as to whether developed nations will agree to a trillion dollar climate financing agreement demanded by small island states. Suva born Neharika Gambhir has become the first Fijian to become an analog astronaut – a stepping stone towards getting into space. In Vanuatu, Biosecurity officials say they've …

Vanuatu voters back reforms aiming to bring political stability, after decades of churn in governments
6 months, 1 week ago

Vanuatu voters back reforms aiming to bring political stability, after decades of churn in governments

ABC  

In short: Voters in Vanuatu have backed changes aiming to end political instability that has plagued its governments for decades. Vanuatu has backed changes in a referendum aiming to end political instability that saw the Pacific nation elect three prime ministers in a month. Ms Naupa said the changes passed in the referendum would not by themselves end Vanuatu's political …

Vanuatu elects its third prime minister in a month, with Sato Kilman ousted for former PM Charlot Salwai
1 year, 2 months ago

Vanuatu elects its third prime minister in a month, with Sato Kilman ousted for former PM Charlot Salwai

ABC  

Vanuatu has elected former leader Charlot Salwai to the nation's top job after its parliament voted to boot out prime minister Sato Kilman through a no-confidence motion. Key points: Former leader and convicted perjurer Charlot Salwai was sworn in as Vanuatu's prime minister on Friday Sato Kilman was ousted in a vote of no-confidence motion after his government boycotted the …

‘No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis
1 year, 8 months ago

‘No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

Twin cyclones hit the Pacific island nation already struggling to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Coming out of COVID, it was a bit of a risky thing to do, to buy a tourism business with no one in the country and having lockdowns for three years,” Philips told Al Jazeera. “We were prepared for other lockdowns as …

‘We are in danger now’: Vanuatu declares climate emergency
2 years, 6 months ago

‘We are in danger now’: Vanuatu declares climate emergency

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Bob Loughman says using the term ’emergency’ is a way of signalling the need for ‘responsible nations to match action to the size and urgency of the crisis’. Vanuatu’s parliament has declared a climate emergency with the low-lying island nation’s prime minister flagging a $1.2bn cost to cushion global warming’s impacts on his tiny Pacific country. “The use …

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