Vanuatu has a law administered under the Department of Energy that establishes standards of energy efficiency for electrical products called the “Energy Efficiency of Electrical Appliances, Equipment and Lighting Products Act No.24 of 2016”.

“Where the Pacific goes in relation to addressing the imminent threat of climate change, or lack thereof, is where the rest of the world will follow. If the global community does not stand together to curb the threat of greenhouse gas emissions, Small Island Developing States will bear the brunt of extreme weather events,” Honourable Siromi Turaga, Attorney General of Fiji, shared this sentiment as he officially opened the recently held Regional Writeshop for Pacific Island Submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Proceedings for Climate Change.

Vanuatu’s biggest lake on Gaua island in Torba Province, Lake Letes, has been formally registered by the Government of Vanuatu as a Community Conservation Area.

The National Green Energy Fund (NGEF) has launched its first-ever product catalogue that has in it a list of approved solar home systems and microgrids eligible for funding by NGEF.

Vanuatu’s delegation to the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, from June 6 to 16 engaged in a number of bilateral meetings.

The National Green Energy Fund (NGEF) Board approved and committed up to 8 million Vatu in loan funding to the Shefa Provincial Council’s ‘Let there be light’ Project for the installation of solar streetlights at Beverly Hills, Blacksands and Bladinier Estate in Port Vila.