Pacific leaders are set for a more intimate gathering than usual at key annual talks, but excluding some heavyweight nations may prove counterproductive to goals of luring crucial funding for the region.

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As a major threat to the security and prosperity of small island states, climate change typically dominates the yearly Pacific Islands Forum and the 2025 affair hosted by Solomon Islands this week should be no different.

Island nations have long been pushing wealthy, high-emitting countries to help them adapt to the climate problem they did little to create, but accessing global pools of green finance has proven logistically challenging.

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