SPREP Leadership & Climate Priorities: Wallis-et-Futuna chairs the Fifth SPREP Executive Board Meeting in Apia, with the Troika set to ensure smaller territories’ environmental concerns are heard while reviewing funding, partnerships, and strategic priorities tied to climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and disaster risks. Fisheries & EEZ Security: Samoa is pushing stronger fish stock monitoring and tighter protection of its Exclusive Economic Zone at the WCPFC scientific session, warning that weak E-Zone monitoring limits who benefits from regional fisheries and calling for coordinated maritime operations against illegal fishing, drugs, and trafficking. Niue Energy Cost Cut: Niue has reduced diesel generator run-time to just 2–3 hours a day after a new solar-plus-battery system, targeting major fuel savings (about NZ$4m a year) and boosting renewable electricity toward 80% by 2030. Internet Disruption from Submarine Cable Fault: The Manatua submarine cable fault has degraded internet services, especially affecting Niue and the Cook Islands, with a permanent fix now dependent on securing a specialist repair vessel. Forum Climate Push Ahead of COP31: Forum foreign ministers backed stronger regional climate action, endorsing the COP31 Pacific Partnership and calling for more climate finance, renewable investment, and Pacific-led momentum into Pre-COP31 meetings. Pacific Fisheries Funding: FFA delivered a second 2026 payout of US$50.42m to Pacific Island Parties under the US Tuna Treaty, with funds placed in term deposits and additional effort-based distributions planned for 2027.