Grid Resilience & Renewables: Philippines’ ERC set tighter power-generation market-share caps as Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao face reliability pressure from transmission bottlenecks and rising renewable and battery storage integration. Heat & Power Demand: Southern China’s grid operator reported record electricity loads for four straight days as an early heatwave plus industrial demand pushed usage to new highs. Energy Transition Diplomacy: Japan’s AZEC framework and the POWERR Asia $10B package were discussed in talks with President Marcos to boost regional energy security, diversification, and efficiency. Waste & Circularity: Ireland’s National Food Waste Recycling Week hit with brown-bin uptake now at 70% presentation rates, while a US campus “EcoExit” program diverted 8.5 tons of reusable move-out items from landfills. Wildlife Protection: Two pangolin traffickers received eight-year prison terms after a sting operation, underscoring enforcement against high-risk wildlife crime. Clean Energy Innovation: IIT-Guwahati partnered to scale bio-methanol production that converts methane and carbon dioxide into fuel using biological processing. Climate Reality Check: A new look at IPCC scenario revisions highlights how the “future” climate expectations are being recalibrated.