Urban Health & Resilience: A new Pacific-focused piece warns that fast-growing cities across small island states are outpacing planning, infrastructure and governance, while climate shocks like cyclones and floods collide with slow pressures such as sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion—creating housing failures, health crises and deeper vulnerability. Kiribati Health Support: India–Kiribati cooperation continues to show up in healthcare, with India having shipped a 6-bedded container-based dialysis unit to Tarawa after a FIPIC-III commitment—highlighting growing regional support for treatment access. Pacific Food & Nutrition Security: A global fisheries subsidies update notes the WTO’s Fisheries Subsidies Agreement could protect marine resources and support artisanal fishers, but warns benefits may be undermined if key countries stall the next phase—an issue that matters for Pacific nutrition and livelihoods. Health Systems & Water Safety (Regional): Separate reporting on toxic water harms at Camp Lejeune in the US spotlights long delays in compensation, underscoring how slow systems can prolong health and financial impacts for affected families.