World Environment Day Action: Team PNG athletes and students joined a Port Moresby beach cleanup, hauling at least 200 bags of plastic and other rubbish from the Motu Koitabu coastline, with a goal of removing one million plastics before the Commonwealth Games. Climate Finance Push: UN climate chief Simon Stiell urged governments to back a roadmap to mobilise $1.3 trillion a year by 2035, warning finance is the missing link between pledges and real cuts. COP31 Pacific Leadership: Pacific COP31 envoys were formally appointed to elevate regional priorities on climate finance and ocean protection ahead of COP31. Arctic Ecosystem Shift: Melting Arctic icebergs are dropping rocks onto the deep seafloor, creating new hard-bottom habitats for sponges, corals and other species 2,500 metres down. Oil & Gas Accountability: Scottish ministers were told not to “shirk responsibility” over the Rosebank field, with campaigners citing far higher lifetime emissions than Scotland’s current annual totals. Disaster Impacts on Nature: A deadly Philippine earthquake lifted seabeds by up to 2 metres, exposing coral and seagrass and threatening marine life. Heat & Energy Pressure: South Asia’s extreme heat is worsening electricity demand and deepening reliance on fossil power, raising the risk of a vicious cycle. Microplastics in Focus: A Thames microplastic study aims to inform policy by identifying plastic types in river samples. Conservation Under Threat: New Zealand’s Hauraki Coromandel protection is under fire as a bill could strip legal safeguards and open large areas to sale and mining. Avian Flu Alert: Rhode Island authorities say birds at an out-of-state poultry market tested positive for H5N1, triggering euthanasia and heightened monitoring.