Tuvalu Waste-to-Fuel Breakthrough: Tuvalu has launched its first plastic waste and used engine oil pyrolysis machine, turning pollution into alternative fuel via a University of the South Pacific-led project—fuel tested in generators and stoves, boosting local energy security. Methane Push at the UN: Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia backed UN calls for stronger methane cuts, urging measurable reductions since methane can slow warming faster—critical for low-lying atolls facing sea-level rise and erosion. National Security Policy Progress: Tuvalu moved closer to its first National Security Policy after a stakeholder review, framing security as protecting sovereignty, culture, wellbeing and the way of life, with climate, cyber, maritime, crime, migration and economic resilience all included. UN Support for Pacific Security: Tuvalu told the UN General Assembly it needs stronger international backing to tackle overlapping threats—transnational crime, maritime crime, trafficking and climate displacement—arguing small states can’t handle it alone. Operation Render Safe in Nanumea: Australia and Tuvalu surveyed Nanumea Lagoon under Operation Render Safe, finding over 11 tonnes of World War II-era munitions and stressing the risk to people, marine ecosystems and future development. Climate Justice Debate: A new push argues climate talks are failing and calls for a global fossil fuel phaseout track alongside COP—aimed at making real solutions possible. Climate Displacement & Statelessness: A spotlight essay links climate-related displacement to rising statelessness risks in the Pacific, including Tuvalu, where citizenship can be lost amid disasters. El Niño Warning for the Region: Micronesia and the Marianas brace for stronger El Niño impacts, with warmer seas shifting storm patterns and increasing the chance of intense weather. Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games: Tuvalu’s boxing siblings Tarona and Pasoni Taafaki head to Glasgow as proud “underdogs,” training hard to represent a small nation on the world stage.