GRID PRESSURES: Iraq suffered a “near nationwide blackout” as elevated power demand – due to extreme temperatures of around 50C – triggered a transmission line failure, Bloomberg reported.

Climate change drove record levels of humidity around the world last year, according to the latest “state of the climate” report from the American Meteorological Society ...

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Extreme heat fanning deadly wildfires in Europe has killed at least three people and caused thousands more to evacuate, the Guardian reports.

with another round of negotiations looming at COP30 in November, there has been growing discontent with the UN climate process.

There is widespread coverage of the Canyon Fire north of Los Angeles, which forced thousands of people to evacuate at the end of last week.

China’s power sector is both the world’s largest emitter and the largest source of clean-energy growth, making it essential to global climate efforts.

Deadly rainfall and flooding struck across China and the government issued policies on clean-energy “price wars”.

China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

As it passes its midway point, 2025 is on track to be the second or third warmest year on record, Carbon Brief analysis shows.

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”.

ICJ said “wealthy” nations must cut emissions or risk reparations and around 90% of renewable projects are now cheaper than fossil fuels.