A powerful and unusually widespread storm battered New Zealand, triggering multiple states of emergency and bringing severe disruption across the country.
The New Zealand Government has partnered with private investor BlackRock to establish a NZ$2 billion ($1.2 billion) climate fund to achieve the goal of becoming the first country in the world with 100% renewable electricity.
Central Europe bore the brunt of an intensifying heatwave on as Switzerland, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic recorded unprecedented temperatures
