Extreme Weather & Disaster Response: “Unprecedented” heavy rain in Japan’s Chiba prefecture killed at least four and stranded nearly 7,000 passengers at Narita, with evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands and widespread power outages, as meteorologists warn climate change is raising the odds of such events. Regional Power Resilience: A massive blackout hit Central Asia after sudden shifts in electricity flows across the interconnected grid, with outages reported in Kazakhstan and disputes over whether Kyrgyzstan’s Toktogul hydropower shutdown triggered the cascade. Carbon Markets & Industry: China plans to expand its national carbon market to cover petrochemicals and chemicals, bringing about 80% of emissions under quota management and aiming to help exporters face carbon-intensity trade barriers. Trade, Tariffs & Green Rules: The EU pushed back against renewed US trade pressure over environmental and human-rights supply-chain rules, defending regulatory autonomy as talks continue. Marine & Deep-Sea Mining: NOAA will assess environmental impacts of a 10-year deep-sea mining exploration license in the central and eastern Pacific, as rare-earth supply concerns collide with calls for a moratorium. Biodiversity & Wildlife Conflict: India’s Wildlife Institute of India reports rising human-elephant conflict deaths in South India, driven by habitat fragmentation and water stress, urging a regional action plan. Ecology Governance: India’s NGT ordered inspections of industrial units in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh over alleged pollution lapses, while China marked National Ecology Day with a push for green modernization and new ecological code implementation.