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

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.

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

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

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