Drug Crisis: A regional summit is being proposed to tackle a rapidly escalating methamphetamine crisis across the Pacific, with a new Pacific Security College paper warning it’s spreading beyond trafficking routes and straining health and justice systems, fueling violence, and fraying community life. Family Health Policy: A Pacific-focused review highlights how maternity and paternity leave can improve maternal recovery, postpartum mental health, breastfeeding, infant outcomes, and gender equity—while noting that turning commitments into real implementation is still a work in progress. Plastic Pollution: Kiribati is calling for stronger upstream action on plastic, saying it doesn’t produce plastic but is hit by waste washing ashore and accumulating in landfills, with limited capacity to treat it. Climate Adaptation: Care services are still largely missing from climate plans like National Adaptation Plans and NDCs, even as El Niño risks are expected to hit children, older people, and people with disabilities hardest.