COP31: UN chief António Guterres urged nations to adopt a “Climate Justice Compact,” speed the shift from fossil fuels and fund climate recovery through taxes on oil windfall profits. He called for $300 billion a year for developing countries by 2035. Climate Finance: The Asian Development Bank approved $500 million in disaster funding for Pakistan, where floods, earthquakes and other disasters cause an estimated $2 billion in annual losses. Pacific nations also pressed for faster, simpler access to adaptation funds. Climate Impacts: Iraq’s president says climate change has wiped out more than half the country’s agricultural land, worsening desertification and displacement. Data Center Boom: Mississippi regulators upheld an air permit for 41 gas turbines serving xAI’s data centers, despite concerns about pollution. Vienna, meanwhile, unveiled principles to limit the strain data centers could place on its power grid, water and land. Climate Accountability: COP31 calls for action sit uneasily alongside continuing fossil fuel expansion, including Australia’s soaring exports and the approval of gas turbines in Mississippi.