Drug Crisis Response: A regional summit is being proposed to tackle a rapidly escalating methamphetamine crisis, with the Pacific Security College warning it’s spreading beyond trafficking routes and is straining health and justice systems while fueling violence and social breakdown. Community-Led Approach: The plan is to bring together governments, medical practitioners, community groups, civil society and religious leaders—building on the region’s history of coordinated action during COVID-19. Family Policy Progress: A separate Pacific focus highlights maternity and paternity leave as a health and wellbeing support, linking parental leave to better postpartum outcomes and stronger family stability. Climate Care Gaps: Another thread notes care services are still largely missing from climate adaptation plans like NAPs and NDCs, even as El Niño risks rise. Plastic Pressure in Kiribati: Kiribati is calling attention to plastic waste impacts, saying it’s largely “downstream” in the plastic lifecycle with limited options beyond landfilling.