Climate Governance & Transparency: The UK Met Office has removed the wind and storms chapter from its 2025 State of the UK Climate report, raising alarms that long-running data on declining wind speeds and storm intensity is being sidelined just as Net Zero policy leans on wind power. Wildfire & Heat Impacts: Europe’s heatwave-linked wildfires keep escalating, with Belgium’s High Fens blaze threatening nearby towns and forcing evacuations. Energy Under Stress: France faces the highest nuclear output losses since 2015 as 13 reactors go offline due to “environmental constraints,” while solar generation rises to fill gaps. Pollution & Waste: Armenia’s Lake Kari is being tackled after reports and images showed heavy littering in a sensitive high-altitude ecosystem. Industrial Policy & Compliance: Haryana’s new industrial incentives policy ties benefits to environmental compliance and physical verification, while excluding pollution- and water-stress-heavy industries. Land Degradation Talks: Mongolia has kicked off COP17 under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, framing land restoration and drought resilience as urgent, implementable priorities. Local Climate Finance Integrity: A new analysis warns Kenya’s devolved climate funds can be vulnerable to capture and weak oversight, calling for stronger disclosure and citizen monitoring. Data Centres & Environment: NSW’s fast-track datacentre pathway won’t automatically block non-compliant projects, even as it sets “world-class” noise, air and renewable-energy sourcing principles.