El Niño Drought Prep: Papua New Guinea’s PM James Marape has ordered provinces and districts to prepare for an “extraordinary” dry season as El Niño conditions develop, with drought, water shortages, crop stress and food-security risks expected to linger into 2H 2026. Pacific Climate Cooperation: California, Guam, Hawai’i, Kiribati and Vanuatu backed deeper regional climate adaptation and resilience cooperation after the Pacific Climate Summit. Defend Climate Science: Pacific leaders at UN talks in Bonn warned that attempts to weaken climate science references put Pasifika lives and livelihoods at risk, with Vanuatu’s climate minister among those pushing back. El Niño Early Action: SPREP urged Pacific communities to start practical El Niño preparations now, following a regional climate centre declaration that an event is underway. Fuel Crisis & Renewables: Pacific energy experts warned the region’s fuel crisis is a predictable failure of past planning and urged faster, community-led renewable energy shifts. Ocean Protection Push: Fiji and Panama launched a Mesopelagic “twilight zone” conservation challenge to protect the ocean’s food web and carbon role from fishing and deep-sea mining. Vanuatu in the Spotlight: A US court case challenges seafood imports including Vanuatu over alleged marine mammal bycatch, while Vanuatu’s climate finance role was highlighted via GCF-GGGI readiness support. Local Environment & Resilience: Port Vila announced free waterfront Wi-Fi and new solar-powered seafront lighting, framed as part of post-disaster rebuilding and environmental protection.