About me
Ralph Regenvanu is Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards and Disaster Management. Ralph is currently serving his fifth term as the Member of Parliament for Vanuatu’s capital and largest city Port Vila. He has previously held the Ministerial portfolios of Ni-Vanuatu Business Development (2010-2011), Justice and Community Services (2011-2012), Lands and Natural Resources (2013 to 2017) and Foreign Affairs (2017-2020), and from April 2020 until November 2022 he was Vanuatu’s Leader of the Opposition. 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. From 2013, Ralph was co-chair of the National Sustainable Development Plan Core Group which was responsible for developing Vanuatu’s ‘National Sustainable Development Plan 2016-2030’. Ralph is currently the Pacific Ministerial Champion for Loss and Damage leading into COP29.