Extreme Heat & Drought Relief: After a brutal dry spell, the Netherlands is finally seeing meaningful rain. KNMI and Weeronline expect around 70 mm over the next two weeks—enough to ease the precipitation deficit, but not to end the drought, with river levels still exceptionally low. Wildfire Crisis in Europe (High Fens): Belgium’s biggest-ever wildfire in the High Fens peat bogs is now contained, but smouldering underground means flare-ups could continue for weeks. Two firefighters were hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning, and EU air support and helicopters from multiple countries were used as conditions shifted with rain. Dutch Climate Policy & Food Systems: Dutch farmers are protesting government plans tied to environmental rules for poultry farms, while Adfree Cities is pushing for a ban on factory-farming ads—calling on councils to remove meat and dairy advertising from public land. Circular Economy Cooperation: Bangladesh and the Netherlands signed MoUs to promote circular economy practices in the textile sector, aiming to make supply chains more sustainable. Netherlands in the Climate Adaptation Loop: Kenya, South Africa and the Netherlands joined Ghana in Accra for peer learning on moving national climate adaptation plans from paper to real implementation. Hydrogen & Industry Watch: A Dutch family business is expanding hydrogen distribution, and Port of Antwerp-Bruges is moving toward commercial-scale electrolyser production—both signals that hydrogen infrastructure is still racing ahead, even as the drought and wildfire impacts keep mounting.