Vanuatu
Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management
Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management
Ralph Regenvanu is Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management, and is currently serving his sixth term as the Member of Parliament for Vanuatu’s capital and largest city Port Vila.
Ralph has a background in cultural heritage management, and served as Director of the National Museum of Vanuatu from 1995 until 2006, during which time he was also a founding Board Member of both the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA) and the regional cultural sites preservation organization, ICOMOS Pasifika.
As Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister in 2019, Ralph initiated Vanuatu’s push for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on climate obligations, and as Climate Change Minister in 2022 signed Vanuatu up as one of the first state champions of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
