UAE Green Licensing: Expo City Dubai has issued the UAE’s first Expo Green Licences to six sustainability-led firms, unlocking a Dh400,000+ support package and pushing circular economy and clean-tech startups into a dedicated Green Innovation District. Gulf Shipping Security: Fresh attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have sparked tanker fires and renewed worries about environmental risk and energy disruption in one of the world’s key chokepoints. Plastic Treaty Fight: Civil society says it’s being sidelined in Nairobi plastics talks, raising alarms that the process is too closed and too low-ambition for a full life-cycle approach. Urban Nature Push: Seoul is turning a gray tech hub into a “Garden Valley” with new street-forest green space, betting that livability helps attract talent in the AI era. Clean Energy Buildout: Thailand’s EGAT and JERA are exploring hydrogen and ammonia value chains, while Italy’s Eni Storage Systems breaks ground on a Brindisi LFP battery hub aimed at grid stability. Waste & Recycling Systems: Türkiye’s deposit return scheme hit 7.6 million returned containers in five days, showing how fast recycling infrastructure can scale. Climate Justice & Fossil Legal Pressure: Ugandan farmers are suing in Britain to stop the heated East African Crude Oil Pipeline, calling it a “carbon bomb.” Energy Transition Tensions: Germany’s budget ramps up defense spending while cutting climate action and aid, a reminder that climate policy can lose out when budgets tighten.