SPREP Leadership in Samoa: Wallis-et-Futuna’s Jean Paul Mailagi is chairing the Fifth SPREP Executive Board Meeting in Apia, with the Troika (UK, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna) joined by Fiji, Cook Islands, FSM, Australia and France, as members review priorities on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and push for smaller territories’ concerns to be heard. Fisheries & EEZ Security: Samoa is using the WCPFC scientific session in Apia to press for stronger fish stock monitoring and “E-Zone” security, including coordinated operations with Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji against illegal fishing, drugs and trafficking, and work on EEZ boundary coordination involving Niue and others. Forum Climate Push Ahead of COP31: Pacific foreign ministers backed a stronger regional climate agenda for COP31, endorsing the COP31 Pacific Partnership and Pre-COP31 meetings in the Pacific to boost climate finance, renewable energy investment, ocean-climate priorities and Pacific leadership. Niue Energy Upgrade: Niue has cut diesel generator running to just 2–3 hours a day after a new solar-plus-battery system came online, aiming for 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and saving about NZ$4 million a year in fuel costs. Fisheries Funding Update: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency delivered a second 2026 payout of US$50.42m under the US Tuna Treaty, with funds placed in term deposits and additional effort-based distributions planned for 2027. Niue Culture in the Spotlight: A Niuean artist’s first Aotearoa exhibition in Auckland is bringing ancestral stories, identity and environmental awareness to a wider audience through hiapo-inspired designs and Vagahau Niue. Regional Security Treaty Talk: Solomon Islands is advancing a proposed regional security treaty for consideration by PIF foreign ministers in Suva, with analysts warning it could shift regional decision-making by adding mandatory consultation.