El Niño warning for the Pacific: ChildFund NZ says a strengthening El Niño is highly likely to intensify drought in some islands and bring heavier rain in others, raising pressure on drinking water, food and children’s health—on top of an ongoing fuel crisis. Food and culture through tuna: The FFA and SPC launched “Tuna Bites” for UN World Tuna Day and Pacific Tuna Month, with country culinary contests (including Niue) spotlighting tuna’s role in protein, livelihoods and food security. Pacific resilience funding reaches communities: The Pacific Resilience Facility is taking 14 community projects to pre-COP events and COP31, including water security and traditional planting revival work in Palau, with more projects focused on rainwater harvesting, coastal restoration and sanitation across the region. Niue-PNG cooperation: Papua New Guinea and Niue signed a framework agreement to deepen development and technical cooperation, explicitly including climate resilience, environmental protection and natural resource management. Forum diplomacy and regional unity: At the 55th Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, leaders pushed closer regional action and stronger partnerships, while the Philippines highlighted deeper integration via a Philippine-Pacific initiative.