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.

Carbon Brief handpicks and explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

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

Four common talking points surrounding China’s ongoing coal-power expansion and how and why the current wave of new projects might end.

An uptick in heat extremes has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to new analysis.

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

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

Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new IEA forecasts.

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

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The UN’s highest court has told “wealthy” countries “they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change” ...

Climate change is creating “new vulnerabilities” for pandemics, according to new research. The study, published in Science Advances, investigates nine zoonotic diseases – infections transmitted from ...