Tuvalu Climate Finance: Tuvalu has completed its first payouts under a new High Tide Parametric Insurance Product, sending A$30,675 to 409 households after three high-tide flooding events—no forms, no claims, just automatic triggers. Tuvalu Water Resilience Recognition: Tuvalu received the PLANET AQUA Award (Blue Communities) at Venice Climate Week 2026 for water resilience, ecosystem restoration and climate action. Fisheries Update (Tuvalu): The Tuvalu Fisheries Authority approved an exemption to the 2026 FAD closure from 1 July to 15 August, allowing nine vessels to keep fishing under strict limits and reporting rules. Pacific Aviation: Pacific leaders backed a push for safer, cheaper and better-connected regional air travel, with Tuvalu’s transport minister Simon Kofe chairing RAMM4 and endorsing an ICAO safety roadmap. Pacific Tuna Trade: Tuna transshipments are rising again in Majuro, with 28 transfers in May and 24 recorded in the first week of June—Tuvalu flagged as having one transshipment. Climate Justice at COP31: Pacific leaders are appointing COP31 envoys, including Fiji’s Inia Seruiratu as Ocean Envoy, to elevate Pacific priorities on ocean protection and climate finance. Climate Risk Research: Scientists are hunting “super reefs” in the Central Pacific—heat-tolerant coral networks that could help repopulate damaged reefs as bleaching worsens.