Pacific Clean Shipping Pact: Seven Pacific transport ministers (including Nauru) signed the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership in Majuro, aiming to coordinate a low-carbon, climate-resilient shift for regional shipping and ports, with cleaner fleets and better-skilled workers. Fuel Crisis as Security Risk: At the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva, leaders warned that rising fuel prices are now hitting economic security—raising transport costs, squeezing business and jobs, and making energy transition a frontline resilience issue. Pacific-led Peace Push: Pacific Islands Forum leaders issued a global appeal for peace, urging UN Charter-backed dialogue over conflict as climate impacts and supply-chain shocks leave small states especially exposed. Regionalism Under the Microscope: Solomon Islands National University vice chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau challenged Pacific institutions to prove declarations deliver real outcomes for people, not just frameworks. Solomon Islands–China Security Pact Fallout: Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale said he can’t legally publish the China security pact text due to a non-disclosure clause, while also floating a Pacific-wide security treaty concept with Australia. World Heritage + Climate Resilience Training: UNESCO supported a Suzhou course for Pacific heritage professionals (including Nauru) focused on people-centred heritage management and disaster risk and climate action. Nauru Economy Spotlight: A feature revisits how phosphate wealth made Nauru rich fast—and how dependence and decline followed, shaping today’s search for sustainable pathways.