Pesticide Justice in the French West Indies: France’s lower house voted to acknowledge the state’s partial responsibility for long-term harm from chlordecone (Kepone), used on banana plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique despite health warnings; with about 90% of adults contaminated and links to cancers plus nervous and reproductive effects, the bill pushes decontamination, victim support, and renewed research. Disaster-Response Training: Martinique and Guadeloupe’s forces are taking part in “Operation Caraïbes 26,” a multinational exercise simulating a major cyclone to improve humanitarian aid and disaster relief coordination, including engineering, route recovery, rescue, and intelligence teams. Water-from-Air Breakthrough: A Nobel Prize-winning chemist’s team is developing a machine that can produce up to 1,000 litres of clean drinking water daily by pulling moisture from the atmosphere using metal-organic materials, aiming at off-grid water shortages. Climate Pressure Builds: 2026 is bringing stronger El Niño-driven heat and drought across the Caribbean, stressing aquifers, reservoirs, ecosystems, and tourism infrastructure. Memory & Science of the Past: France continues confronting slavery and colonial legacies, from port-city debates over monuments to new memorial work tied to Martinique-linked histories.