Pesticide Justice in the French West Indies: France’s lower house has voted to recognize the state’s partial responsibility for the long-term health, environmental, and economic harm linked to chlordecone (Kepone) in Guadeloupe and Martinique, where about 90% of adults are contaminated; lawmakers cite links to prostate cancer and other serious impacts, and the bill sets goals for decontamination, victim support, and renewed research. Water-from-Air Breakthrough: A Nobel Prize-winning chemist’s system is being developed to produce up to 1,000 litres of clean drinking water per day by pulling moisture from the atmosphere using engineered porous materials, aiming to help communities facing water shortages. Blue Zones Debate: New scrutiny is challenging whether “longevity hotspots” truly deliver the extreme old-age claims, with researchers pointing to data quality issues and changing lifestyles, while others argue some regions still meet stricter standards. Climate Pressure Across the Caribbean: 2026 is bringing sharper drought and heat stress tied to a strong El Niño pattern, threatening water supplies, ecosystems, agriculture, and tourism infrastructure. Disaster Response Training: “Operation Caraïbes 26” continues as a multinational drill for cyclone-scale humanitarian relief, including specialized units and engineering and recovery capabilities. Memory and Slavery Reckoning: In Nantes, activists and descendants of slave traders are working to keep a major memorial—built around a ship’s mast—visible as France confronts its slavery legacy.