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- 1Has the world lost the fight against extreme heat?●Has the world lost the fight against heat? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
The BBC World Service's Climate Question podcast is asking whether the world has already lost the battle against extreme heat. The episode examines why global temperatures keep breaking records despite decades of climate pledges, and what adaptation might look like if warming cannot be stopped. Listeners are engaging heavily with the question, which reflects growing public anxiety about recurring heatwaves worldwide.
- 2Ireland urged to replace beef farming with forestry▼# Ireland Replacing beef farming with forestry would boost incomes and help meet climate goals Afforestation is the most
A new argument in Ireland's climate debate holds that converting beef farmland to forestry would raise farmers' incomes and cut emissions. Afforestation is described as the most significant climate mitigation option available to Ireland's land-use sector. The proposal touches a sensitive point in rural Ireland, where beef farming is already financially struggling and land-use change is contentious.
- 3Bank regulators move to tighten climate and nature risk rules●Banks facing climate and nature risks: towards strengthened expectations
Banking authorities are signalling strengthened supervisory expectations on how banks manage climate-related and nature-related financial risks. The Banque de France highlights a shift toward firmer requirements for lenders to identify, measure and mitigate environmental exposures, extending the focus beyond climate to biodiversity and ecosystems. The move signals that banks' environmental risk management is moving from voluntary practice toward binding supervisory scrutiny.