Pacific disaster readiness: Pacific leaders and meteorology partners are urging people to stay alert through the cyclone season and rely on daily updates from National Meteorological offices, warning that even weaker systems can bring damaging rain. Vanuatu tourism reform: Vanuatu’s Department of Tourism has kicked off a national consultation in Luganville to modernise sustainable tourism governance, with support from SPREP, SPTO and EU-backed programmes. Triple planetary crisis innovation: At Vanuatu’s Pacific Innovation Forum (1–3 July), emerging leaders pushed solutions across climate, biodiversity loss and pollution, with eco-concrete and grass-based soil stabilisation taking top awards. Ocean governance with culture: A Pacific learning exchange in Rarotonga highlighted community-led conservation, Indigenous stewardship and customary tools like rāhui as practical climate and biodiversity responses. Nuclear-free Pacific pressure: Vanuatu’s PM office says it is “seriously concerned” by China’s nuclear-capable missile test in the South Pacific, citing Treaty of Rarotonga commitments and calling out the lack of prior consultation and transparency. Security pacts vs environment: As Australia and Fiji’s “Ocean of Peace” alliance expands and Vanuatu signs the Nakamal Agreement to block foreign military bases, the debate is sharpening over sovereignty, militarisation and what tangible investments should accompany regional security. Climate impacts on livelihoods: Reuters reports Japan’s bluefin tuna surge may be linked to climate-driven shifts in marine life, showing how changing ocean patterns can disrupt fisheries and quotas. Menstrual health in disasters: Pacific advocates are calling for menstrual health to be built into cyclone preparedness, stressing that “biology does not pause” when disasters hit. Nature-based flood help: A cattle farmer in Australia has planted about 14,000 trees to stabilise creek banks and slow flood impacts—another push toward soft, nature-based resilience.