Observations reveal that Arctic sea ice extent at the end of summer has halved, since satellite records began in the late 1970s.

Bloomberg covers new satellite estimates from the Copernicus space programme showing that Europe’s wildfires are the largest since 2006. The Associated Press reports that “dangerous heat” will arrive ...

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.

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

There is ongoing media coverage of the wildfires burning across Spain and Portugal.

There is widespread coverage of the latest failure of talks to agree the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution.

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

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.

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The proportion of female and global south authors of reports by the UN’s IPCC has risen over the past three decades but challenges remain.