By Elena Giordano , Politico.  Excerpt: Public enthusiasm for clean energy comes as the Iran war exposes Europe’s vulnerability to global oil and gas markets....  Full article at https://www.politico.eu/article/poll-europeans-back-renewables-despite-higher-energy-costs/ . 

By Sushmita Pathak , Science.  Excerpt: In response to the 22 April attack that killed 26 people, India said it was putting “in abeyance” its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a 65-year-old pact that governs how Pakistan and India share water from one of Asia’s major river systems. Pakistan, in turn, said it would consider any move by India to withhold Indus water, which irrigates most of its farmland, as an act of war. Researchers say the jousting highlighted not only the political sensitivity of the treaty, but also the increasingly urgent need to update the IWT to reflect the ongoing impacts of climate change and population growth....  Full article at https://www.science.org/content/article/climate-change-threatens-india-pakistan-pact-over-major-river-system .

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/world/europe/g7-summit-ukraine-war-climate-change.html By  Katrin Bennhold  and  Jim Tankersley , The New York Times.  Excerpt: BERLIN — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seemed like an unexpected opportunity for environmentalists, who had struggled to focus the world’s attention on the kind of energy independence that renewable resources can offer. With the West trying to wean itself from Russian oil and gas, the argument for solar and wind power seemed stronger than ever. But four months into the war, the scramble to replace Russian fossil fuels has triggered the exact opposite. As the heads of the Group of 7 industrialized nations gather in the Bavarian Alps for a meeting that was supposed to cement their commitment to the fight against climate change, fossil fuels are having a wartime resurgence, with the leaders more focused on bringing down the price of oil and gas than immediately reducing their emissions. Nations are   rever...