Climate Justice at UNGA: Prime Minister Balen Shah is expected to spotlight climate justice after Nepal’s deadly floods, with new research pointing to warming behind glacier collapse—while warning that reparations-only messaging may miss the bigger push for accountability. Small Business Growth: Barbados’ Small Business Association urged firms to look beyond the island, using collaboration, technology and exporting to scale. Regional Payments Tech: CARICOM’s CAPSS could enable instant cross-border payments in local currencies, with a pilot planned after consultations and technical reviews. Reparations, but with numbers: Mia Mottley says Barbados will appoint historians and economists to quantify harms from slavery for a stronger case at CARICOM reparations talks. Child Climate Risk: A UNICEF-backed study warns that in the Eastern Caribbean, more than 9 in 10 children could face at least three climate hazards by mid-century. Health Tech & Care: BACA and Aventa Barbados signed a cancer-care agreement, advancing plans for a dedicated hospice at Coverley. Digital Government Services: Barbados’ NIS is moving toward full digitisation, pushing pensioners toward direct bank payments. Local Tech & STEM Culture: Fujitsu Caribbean opened a digitisation “Engine Room” in Jamaica to convert paper records into searchable data for AI-ready systems. Water & Resilience: Barbados Meteorological Service urged continued water conservation amid drought warnings and Saharan dust impacts.