A brand new series from the Climate Bonds Initiative, giving you a quickfire update on the weekly news and talking points in the fight against climate disaster. Our pilot episode discusses heatwaves in Australia, looks at moves in Europe towards wind power and ponders how much the Japanese snowfall will impact voters in next month's election.

Sources for this episode:

PressReleases | Climate Bonds

Blog| Climate Bonds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/27/victoria-melbourne-weather-forecast-fire-danger-extreme-heatwave-bushfire-risk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp372d37gxgo

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27012026/todays-climate-winter-olympics-snow-problem/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/26/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-heat-to-double-by-2050-if-2c-rise-occurs-study-finds

https://www.ft.com/content/e995b89e-431a-44c6-8309-4a57cdac467e

https://www.ft.com/climate-capital

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/28/japan-snap-general-election-sanae-takaichi-weather-snow