Climate Resilience Finance: The Caribbean Development Bank is backing Grenada’s energy transition with financing for a utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System at Maurice Bishop International Airport, supported by grants and loans from partners including the UK and EU, plus parallel World Bank support for grid upgrades. Food Security & Climate-Smart Agriculture: CARDI launched its first Agricultural Research and Innovation Symposium, pushing science-driven solutions for sustainable, climate-resilient food systems as climate change and pest pressures intensify. Extreme Weather Watch: CariCOF warns El Niño is strengthening, raising risks of hotter, longer heatwaves, slower drought recovery in parts of the Lesser Antilles, and flooding from heavy rainfall during the 2026 wet season. Sargassum Response: OECS is adapting sargassum management strategies after a study tour to Martinique and Guadeloupe, aiming to reduce impacts and explore turning seaweed into blue-economy products. Regional Solidarity After Disasters: Grenada joined CARICOM’s humanitarian shipment of 88 containers to earthquake-hit Venezuela, including food, medicines, construction materials, debris-removal gear, and water tanks. EU Pressure on CBI: Eastern Caribbean leaders, including Grenada’s PM, agreed to coordinate a unified Brussels mission and defend Citizenship by Investment programmes while meeting EU demands to phase them out by 2028. Blue Economy Grants: OECS extended the deadline to July 24 for Window 2 of its Matching Grants Programme, offering more time for eligible blue economy MSMEs to apply.