Climate & Health: New forecasts warn the next two years could bring record heat, with El Niño intensifying drought, flooding, disease risk, and food insecurity—hitting hardest young children, older people, and people with disabilities, while also straining health services and schools. A key gap: care services are still largely missing from climate adaptation plans like National Adaptation Plans and Nationally Determined Contributions, even as countries prepare for COP31. Citizenship Policy (NZ): New Zealand says most people applying for citizenship by grant will face an in-person written test from late 2027, focused on civic responsibilities, democratic principles, and rights (including Bill of Rights Act topics), plus some practical areas like passport-related travel and a few criminal offences; study materials will be provided, and those who already applied won’t need to take it. Pacific Roundup (context): The week also included broader Pacific political and security coverage, but the health-relevant items were mainly the climate-care planning gap and the NZ policy update.