Heat & Pensions: UK pension professionals warn heatwaves are becoming “retirement risk,” with extreme June temperatures disrupting markets and services. Forest Restoration: Scotland volunteers have hand-collected 11m rare native tree seeds to scale up woodland recovery with local provenance. Biodiversity Watch: Philippines’ Samar Rafflesia (Rafflesia manillana) is confirmed again after 15 years, highlighting urgent habitat protection needs. Energy Access & Clean Power: Cagayan de Oro backs a rooftop solar push to make panels cheaper and more reachable for households and businesses. Flood Planning: NSW CSIRO says 10 new dams could have cut 2022 northern-river floods by up to 2.1m, but key levee overtopping still would’ve happened. Forest Governance Under Pressure: Liberia’s Grand Gedeh faces rising resistance to forestry enforcement amid illegal mining and community pushback. Energy Data for Net-Zero: Thailand moves to standardize carbon data use for net-zero, unveiling a CFO reporting platform. River Revival Signal: Assam reports a juvenile gharial sighting as evidence of improving river ecosystem health. Energy Demand Shock: A survey warns AI-driven data centers make electricity demand harder to forecast, raising power-shortage risk. Marine Biodiversity Threat: Illegal trawling in Bangladesh’s Patuakhali is stripping juveniles and breeding stock, threatening the blue economy. Climate Finance Shift: The World Bank plans to drop its 45% climate-lending target while continuing climate-related reporting.