Overview
- Pacific leaders formally established the Pacific Resilience Facility to unlock adaptation finance, with Australia pledging an initial AU$100 million.
- Forum leaders endorsed the Fiji-led 'Ocean of Peace' declaration, asserting sovereignty and signaling resistance to regional militarisation.
- Vanuatu’s climate minister warned that approving Woodside’s North West Shelf extension to 2070 would be an internationally wrongful act under the ICJ advisory opinion.
- Australian officials previously granted conditional approval for the project and local media reported a final decision could come as soon as Friday, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia sets its own energy policy and sees gas in the transition.
- The host Solomon Islands barred most dialogue partners from formal meetings, prompting accusations it acted at Beijing’s behest and sharpening tensions over China’s influence as leaders also backed an Australia–Pacific bid to host a future UN climate summit.