Editing Vanuatu (section)

===Environmental policy===
In 2018, Vanuatu banned all use of plastic bags and plastic straws, with more plastic items scheduled to be banned in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 August 2019 |title=What happened after this nation banned plastic? |url=https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07l0ftg/what-happened-after-this-nation-banned-plastic- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235739/https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07l0ftg/what-happened-after-this-nation-banned-plastic- |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=BBC Reel}}</ref> In 2019, Vanuatu's plastic waste disposal rate was approximately 2,000 [[tonne]]s per year, with the most common items being single-use soft plastic packaging, [[polyethylene terephthalate]] water bottles, and Styrofoam packaging.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2021 |title=Synthesis of Plastic Pollution Policies |url=https://iucn.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/vanuatu-synthesis-plastic-pollution-policies-10.pdf |journal=International Union for Conservation of Nature}}</ref> In 2020, the government banned another seven more 'types' of items, covering cutlery, single-use plates, and [[Artificial plants|artificial flowers]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Prianka |date=2024-06-20 |title=How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/20/how-the-small-pacific-island-nation-of-vanuatu-drastically-cut-plastic-pollution?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQtJHhi42F09gCGN_I4pKNxtTfvgEqDggAKgYICjCXqnsw37MJ&utm_content=bullets |access-date=2024-11-18 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2023, the governments of Vanuatu and other islands vulnerable to climate change ([[Fiji]], [[Niue]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tonga]], and [[Tuvalu]]) launched the "[[Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific]]", calling for the phase-out of [[fossil fuel]]s and the 'rapid and [[just transition]]' to [[renewable energy]] and strengthening [[environmental law]], including introducing the criminalization of [[ecocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Six Island Nations Commit to 'Fossil Fuel-Free Pacific,' Demand Global Just Transition |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuel-free-pacific |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.commondreams.org |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616003648/https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuel-free-pacific |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=Port Vila call to phase out fossil fuels |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/486463/port-vila-call-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701175204/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/486463/port-vila-call-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ligaiula |first=Pita |date=2023-03-17 |title=Port Vila call for a just transition to a fossil fuel free Pacific |work=Pacific Islands News Association |url=https://pina.com.fj/2023/03/17/port-vila-call-for-a-just-transition-to-a-fossil-fuel-free-pacific/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701175216/https://pina.com.fj/2023/03/17/port-vila-call-for-a-just-transition-to-a-fossil-fuel-free-pacific/ |url-status=live }}</ref>