El Niño Impacts on Food & Water: Communities across Papua New Guinea are reporting crop loss from frost and drought as El Niño strengthens, with gardens in Central Province and Upper Mendi already hit and fears growing for wider food and drinking-water shortages. Water Relief for Schools: Australia delivered 37,000 litres of water to St Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Port Moresby, refilling tanks during rationing and helping keep students in class with safe drinking water and hygiene. Sustainable Fisheries Push: PNG’s Fisheries Minister Jelta Wong says the Pacific should gain greater control of tuna resources and boost value through processing and “tuna hubs,” while COFI37 saw Pacific countries back stronger, Pacific-led fisheries governance. Mining & ESG Data for Transparency: PNGEITI says extractive-sector transparency data can underpin PNG’s ESG reporting framework, while Adyton reported a major 167-metre gold-copper intercept at Feni Island as drilling expands the Kabang system. Conservation & Wildlife Safety: A crocodile attack in Port Moresby killed a handler after a “death roll,” and WWF-Philippines renewed a marine conservation partnership at Hamilo Coast to protect biodiversity and improve coastal management. Agriculture Skills for Resilience: Farmers in the K92 Mining corridor trained in taro seed production, supporting cash-crop farming as El Niño pressures food systems.