Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Vanuatu’s role in mitigating environmental issues.

Vanuatu is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. The UK supports Vanuatu's efforts in mitigating environment issues such as climate change. The UK worked closely with Vanuatu on its United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution requesting an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States' legal obligations on climate change which passed by consensus on 29 March. I [the Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific] discussed climate change with Prime Minister Kalsakau in November 2022 and Foreign Minister Napat in November 2022 and February 2023.