In brief | 30 July ‘26

Reuters: Wildfire threat moving east, threatening Italy and Greece, EU saysHead of crisis centre warns fire threat moving, multiple new outbreaks could see 'all Europe on fire'. Bloomberg: Heat pushes Rhine toward 36-year low in risk to energy suppliesThe Rhine River’s water levels risk dropping to an unprecedented low as heat waves grip Europe, creating a bottleneck for the delivery of coal and fuels inland while raising shipping costs.Reuters: Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactorsPlanned shutdown will increase Romania's reliance on power imports; Romanian Danube levels at decades-low levels. Bloomberg: Europe’s hot, dry summer raises winter power market risksEurope’s power markets are beginning to price risks for this winter due to concerns about persistent drought and constraints on French nuclear generation.Reuters: Germany's Uniper firms up 20-year LNG purchase deal with CanadaGerman state-controlled energy group Uniper finalised a 20-year liquefied natural gas purchase ​deal with Canada as the two nations ‌deepen their partnership.NYTimes: Canada’s answer to Trump’s tariffs: more energy deals with EuropeThe Carney government’s agreement with a German natural gas company will also reduce Europe’s dependence on a Qatari supply made more uncertain by war.PIK: Global crop models underestimate how rice responds to extreme heatModelled estimates for yield reductions from 1°C of global warming were roughly half those of the real-world observed experiments (3.8 percent instead of 8.1 percent).CATF: Targeting sustainable aviation fuel at a handful of major airports could deliver outsized climate and health benefitsDirecting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to a small number of high-impact airports, rather than spreading it across the aviation network, could significantly increase the fuel’s climate and public health benefits while global supply continues to build.

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