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The Council of Ministers of Vanuatu endorsed the Vanuatu National Energy Roadmap (NERM) in 2013 as the overarching policy framework for developing Vanuatu’s energy sector. The Government of Vanuatu undertook the first revision of the NERM between October 2015 and May 2016 to update the roadmap’s goals and targets (Updated Vanuatu National Energy Road Map 2016-2030). Recognizing the importance of energy efficiency initiatives, and their centrality to meeting the Government of Vanuatu’s vision for the energy sector, energy efficiency was a key element in the revision of the NERM, alongside the need to increase implementation of renewable energy technologies.

The need to mainstream biodiversity into economic growth and development is being increasingly recognised and is now also firmly embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators and will inform the High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development during its in-depth review of SDG 6 in July 2018.

Scientists estimate that dozens of plant and animal species are going extinct every day and 7 the extinction rate is 1000 – 10000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. Tthe Principles and Practices of Sustainable Use and Sustainable Harvesting report highlights the ways in which sustainable use is one of the most effective tools to protect and conserve biological resources.

The Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018: Towards sustainable and resilient societies report applies the institutional, analytical and monitoring elements of the “policy coherence for sustainable development” framework to identify challenges and opportunities facing governments as they move to implement the SDGs, both at the national level and collectively at the global level.