Hurricane Season Preparedness: As the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins today, the Dominica Red Cross is urging households to start this week with a family emergency plan and a three-day kit, while reinforcing community response teams and restocking relief supplies. Regional Climate Risk & Early Warning: Dominica’s Met Service is also calling for vigilance despite NOAA’s below-normal outlook, stressing that indirect weather impacts can still trigger flash floods, landslides, rough seas, and coastal damage. Sargassum & Coastal Resilience: A SARSEA workshop in Dominica brought OECS states and partners together to coordinate practical responses to rising sargassum impacts, linking biodiversity protection with coastal resilience and ecosystem-based management. Escazú Agreement Push: Civil society and CANARI are pressing Dominica to move fast on implementing the Escazú Agreement—turning access to environmental information, public participation, and justice into measurable improvements. OECS Environmental Leadership: Cozier Frederick, newly OECS Council of Ministers for Environmental Sustainability chair, called for more member states to engage on climate financing, capacity building, and public participation. Energy Reliability: DOMLEC says recent load shedding was tied to a Fond Cole power plant unit fault, with repairs underway and geothermal expected to resume soon.