diff --git a/src/game/engine/scenes/headless/player_api_main.gd b/src/game/engine/scenes/headless/player_api_main.gd
index a5860a96..a95e726b 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/scenes/headless/player_api_main.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/scenes/headless/player_api_main.gd
@@ -229,6 +229,23 @@ func _hydrate_player_api(num_players: int) -> void:
 	# inter-player trade ever sources.
 	_apply_resource_categories()
 
+	# p3-26 gap 2: stamp the natural-event configs so the headless climate phase fires
+	# wildfire/volcanic/… events. Same `#[serde(skip)]` re-stamp pattern — load AFTER
+	# `load_state_json`. Without this `events_config` is empty and no events fire.
+	_apply_events_config()
+
+
+## p3-26 gap 2: stamp the natural-event category configs (DataLoader's merged
+## `{category: {base_frequency, severity_weights, tiers, …}}`) onto `GdPlayerApi` via
+## `set_events_config_json`. Consumed by `mc-turn`'s climate-phase event dispatch.
+func _apply_events_config() -> void:
+	var cfg: Dictionary = DataLoader.get_ecological_events()
+	if cfg.is_empty():
+		_emit_protocol_error("ecological events config empty — headless events will not fire")
+		return
+	var n: int = int(_api.set_events_config_json(JSON.stringify(cfg)))
+	_emit_event("events_config_api_loaded", {"categories": n})
+
 
 ## p3-25: build the resource id→category map ("luxury" | "strategic" | "bonus")
 ## from DataLoader and stamp it onto `GdPlayerApi` via
diff --git a/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/player_api.rs b/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/player_api.rs
index e6fa752d..c3a844d7 100644
--- a/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/player_api.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/player_api.rs
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ impl GdPlayerApi {
             .load_resource_categories_json(json.to_string().as_str()) as i64
     }
 
+    /// p3-26 gap 2: load natural-event category configs (`{"wildfire":{…},"volcanic":{…},
+    /// …}`, the shape `DataLoader.get_ecological_events()` emits) so the headless climate
+    /// phase can fire events (wildfire/volcanic/…). Returns the number of categories
+    /// loaded, or 0 on parse failure. Call AFTER `load_state_json` (the field is
+    /// `#[serde(skip)]`, not restored by a state load).
+    #[func]
+    pub fn set_events_config_json(&mut self, json: GString) -> i64 {
+        self.state
+            .load_events_config_json(json.to_string().as_str()) as i64
+    }
+
     /// Stamp the runtime `UnitsCatalog` (id → `UnitStats`) onto the held
     /// `GameState`. Distinct from `set_units_catalog_json` (which loads the
     /// tactical `ai_unit_catalog`): this is the same `mc_units::UnitsCatalog`