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The EU is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record, exceeding 1m hectares of land burned for the first time on record, according to analysis by Politico.

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

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.

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

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.

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 ...