The archipelago of 300,000 inhabitants was hit by two powerful cyclones and a devastating drought over the past decade.
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A State on the front line in the face of the climate crisis. The Vanuatu archipelago declared a climate emergency on Friday May 27 and announced a $1.2 billion plan to mitigate the consequences of this change.
In a speech before Parliament, Prime Minister Bob Loughman recalled that the Pacific region was already affected by the phenomenon of rising sea levels and violent climatic events. “Earth is already too hot and insecure”did he declare. “We are in danger now, not just in the future.”
Vanuatu, an archipelago of 300,000 inhabitants, has been hit by two powerful cyclones and a devastating drought in the past decade.
This statement comes as Vanuatu leads a diplomatic campaign to obtain a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice, the highest court of the United Nations, on the consequences of global warming.
The small Pacific state hopes, although a legal opinion from the ICJ is not binding, that it will contribute to the emergence of international legislation for future generations on the material and human consequences of global warming. This initiative is to be debated at the next UN General Assembly in September.