Kiribati UN seat for women’s rights: Kiribati made history by winning a seat on the UN Commission on the Status of Women for 2026–2030, with Minister Ruth Cross Kwansing calling it a “miracle.” The move comes as Pacific leaders push for stronger recognition of how climate shocks hit women and girls hardest, and she plans to focus on women’s economic empowerment and social protection. Climate relocation planning: Pacific governments adopted the Pacific Regional Guidance on Planned Relocation (PAC-GIPR), building on earlier regional frameworks to help communities manage climate-related displacement with human rights, Indigenous rights, and cultural preservation—positioning relocation as a last resort when adaptation is no longer possible. EU rules tighten for Pacific tuna exports: National authorities from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu trained in Suva on new EU freezer-vessel food safety requirements under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1449, expected to affect about 97% of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels. Kiribati-linked regional water and pollution risk: A separate report highlights how wastewater spills can quickly become an environmental and health issue, with officials describing an 8,000-gallon sewage overflow reaching a creek after sewer blockages. El Niño watch for the Pacific: The WMO says there’s an 80% chance El Niño will form before September, with impacts that can include heavier rainfall in some areas and drought and heat risks in others—on top of climate change pressures.