The 300,000-inhabitants’ archipelago has been hit by two powerful cyclones and a devastating drought in the last decade.
The Vanuatu archipelago in the Pacific has declared a climate emergency and a $ 1.2 billion plan to mitigate the effects of climate change on the island nation, AFP reported.
In a speech to parliament, Prime Minister Bob Loughman acknowledged that the Pacific region is already affected by the phenomenon of rising water levels and extreme weather events. The 300,000-inhabitants archipelago has been hit by two powerful cyclones and a devastating drought in the last decade. “The country is already too hot and a little secure,” he told lawmakers, stressing that Vanuatu was now in danger.
A similar declaration was adopted by a dozen other countries around the world, including Fiji, Canada and the United Kingdom, recalls AFP.
The $ 1.2 billion plan will come from donor countries. Earlier this week, during a trip to Fiji, Australia’s new Foreign Minister Penny Wong promised that her country would soon set more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and would be a candidate to host a meeting with the Pacific Islands. on top of the climate.
