The Climate Smart Summit opens with a single hard number: the gap between capital needed and capital flowing today across the Caribbean. Day 2 is a working session, not a series of keynotes. Every hour is structured around one question investors and project developers need answered to take action. The Climate Smart Map provides the evidence base. The output is measurable commitments: tracked, named, and followed up.

A curated showcase of investible projects across the Caribbean, from national recovery and resilience programs to early-stage ventures ready for financing. Each project has a defined capital ask, a named lead, and a confirmed pipeline stage. This is not the pitch competition. It is the deal flow - structured, pre-screened, and matched to the investors in the room.

232 Days After Impact: From Devastation to Deployment. When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, the damage was profound. The response has been decisive. What has followed is not just recovery, but a masterclass in financial preparation that builds resilience. Jamaica has now brought forward a live investment portfolio for recovery and rebuilding and this session moves beyond discussion into action. We will match capital to opportunity, connecting projects with development finance, private capital, and philanthropy. While significant commitments have already been made by DFIs, a critical financing gap remains and this room is designed to help close it. This is not a retrospective. It’s a working session to accelerate deployment, structure deals, and move from pledged capital to funded solutions.

Ministers from across the Caribbean answer two questions: what reform have they already made that has moved capital and what specific policy or regulatory commitments are they making now that reduces investor risk. Investor-submitted questions drive the Q&A. This session produces a live policy risk map for every market represented on stage.

DFI and commercial bank panelists walk through deals they have actually funded - what made them work, what blended finance instruments are currently available, and what project developers get wrong. The session chair synthesises the criteria live and leads a Q&A with the floor.

This lunch is a curated matchmaking event, similar projects are paired with interested intestors to continue to mobelize deal flow.

On the Record Two of the most influential voices in Caribbean climate action in a single session — structured around three questions. What is the untapped opportunity that can unlock capital reaching these markets at scale? What are they each personally committing to in this room today? And what do they need from the investors, ministers, and project developers present to make that happen?

Foundation and philanthropy representatives answer three specific questions: in what situations will they provide first-loss capital or grant layering to make a project investable; what does that blended finance structure look like in practice and who else needs to be in the deal; and what projects or sectors are they actively seeking right now. The output is a roadmap to the de-risking of capital available to projects in the room - and the conditions required to access it.

Private sector leaders take stock of what they have already built, funded, or deployed — and then go further. Each participant identifies the operational gaps where innovation is still needed and the specific solutions they would back, whether through funding, partnership, or direct collaboration with entrepreneurs. The session closes with companies on the record: naming the problems they are prepared to pay to solve and the partners they are looking for to solve them.