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.

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.

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

Carbon Brief highlights five charts from the SOFI report which explain the state of food insecurity around the world.

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