The Republic of Vanuatu became a State Partner of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in 2024, underscoring its commitment to fast action on climate and clean air. As a small island developing state, Vanuatu is acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and identifies climate change as the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security, and wellbeing of its people. Remarkably, Vanuatu is also recognized as a carbon-negative country, taking proactive steps that exceed its domestic emissions footprint and calling on the global community for ambitious action to limit warming.
En approuvant la CCAC Framework and its Strategy 2030, Vanuatu has committed to taking meaningful measures to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), specifically methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and HFCs. Vanuatu’s priorities include reducing methane and black carbon emissions through improved waste management infrastructure, enhancing agricultural productivity while lowering methane emissions, and integrating SLCP inventories and mitigation measures into national sectoral policies and future NDC updates. The country also supports CCAC cooling initiatives aimed at mitigating HFCs and reducing the dumping of inefficient equipment, while embedding SLCP awareness into outreach efforts—particularly emphasizing the urgency of slowing climate change and sea level rise that directly threaten island and coastal communities.
Vanuatu is already taking concrete actions aligned with these commitments. As a member of the Global Methane Pledge, it is working toward the collective goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, including applying best practices to quantify methane emissions from high-emitting sources. In its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted in 2022, Vanuatu pledged to develop and strengthen policies such as livestock farming and pasture management guidelines, a Municipal Solid Waste Management Policy emphasizing waste-to-energy and composting, a Wastewater Management Policy, and broader strategies through its Agriculture Sector Policy, Infrastructure Strategic Investment Plan, and Waste Management and Pollution Control Strategy. Through its partnership with the CCAC, Vanuatu aims to leverage technical expertise, financial support, and peer collaboration to advance these initiatives—reinforcing its leadership as an action-focused island nation tackling SLCPs for climate stability, public health, and long-term resilience.
