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Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”

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Vanuatu has been hit by back-to-back category 4 tropical cyclones in March. Vanuatu is leading a coalition of over 115 countries pressing for the International Court of Justice to clarify countries' legal duties. In 2023 we need to see countries recommit to the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation and agree to phase out all fossil fuels.

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Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”

Vanuatu is on a permanent war footing due to the climate crisis. It is a country on edge. As I walk through the streets of our capital city, Port Vila, I see destruction wrought by back-to-back category 4 tropical cyclones that tore through within hours of each other in March. We are no stranger to storms, but this was the first time this country of 300,000 people, spread across 80 islands, had been hit twice over such a short period. As our pre…

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