War’s Environmental Toll: Iran’s foreign minister says attacks on oil facilities risk lasting soil and water contamination, air pollution and ecosystem damage. Climate Litigation: Courts are becoming a front in climate action as governments retreat from pledges; Australia’s top court recently blocked a coal mine expansion over its climate impact. COP31: The summit’s high-level climate champion says the focus should shift from new promises to putting existing commitments into practice. El Niño and Warming: A powerful El Niño is building, with unusually intense global weather impacts forecast; researchers say how climate change shapes this event remains an open question. Food Resilience: New maps could help southern African farmers identify where drought-tolerant bambara groundnut can grow, while West Oxfordshire councillors urge investment in climate-resilient farming. Fire and Land: Research in southeastern Australia finds colonial land-use changes and the loss of Indigenous cultural burning helped create conditions for catastrophic fires, alongside climate-driven fire risk.