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 ...

Wildfires “fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe”, burning homes and forcing evacuations, reports Reuters.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Global hunger fell for a third straight year in 2024, with 673 million people – 8.2% of the world’s population – experiencing hunger, according to a new UN report ...