Tuvalu-Japan Climate Diplomacy: Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has invited Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi to attend the Pre-COP31 Leaders’ Event in Tuvalu, aiming for direct talks on climate change, resilience and climate finance, alongside cooperation on renewables, fisheries and maritime transport. Tuvalu at UN Peacekeeping: Tuvalu deployed its first four police officers to a UN mission in South Sudan, a major step for Tuvalu’s police service and its capacity-building through international partnerships. Shipping Emissions Rules (MEPC 85): Tuvalu has proposed the strictest amendments to the IMO Net-Zero Framework, including shifting the 2028 step to 2029 and raising remedial unit prices, pushing the framework toward stronger pricing of ship pollution. Pacific AI & Safer Digital Spaces: Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers backed regional AI principles and a safer digital spaces approach, linking tech governance to broader security concerns as connectivity expands. Ocean & Fisheries Protection: Ministers also urged stronger fisheries safeguards, ocean governance and maritime boundary security, endorsing a regional fisheries strategy for 2026–2035. Climate-Peace Focus: A new Pacific policy brief argues the region should move from a “climate-conflict” lens to a climate–peace approach grounded in social cohesion, culture and ecological stewardship. El Niño Water Stress: Across the Pacific, El Niño is already pressuring water and food supplies, with Fiji warning of possible drastic measures and PNG preparing for water disruptions. Regional Climate Leadership: Forum foreign ministers backed stronger climate action ahead of COP31, highlighting climate finance, renewables and Pacific leadership through Pre-COP meetings hosted across the region.