Time to bring back heat shaming With gas markets anxious again, is there a cause to bring back the heat-shaming culture that dominated last winter's conversations? Nicaragua shutters Franciscan order in spiraling church row Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday (24 October) shuttered the local chapter of the Franciscan religious order as well as 16 NGOs, many with ties to Catholic and evangelical churches with which the government has been at loggerheads. Life on Earth under ‘existential threat’: climate scientists Climate change poses an "existential threat" to life on Earth, prominent scientists warned Tuesday (24 October), in an assessment on this year's avalanche of heat records and weather extremes that they said are hitting more ferociously than expected. EU must cut emissions three times quicker to meet climate targets, Brussels says Climate commissioner says pace of reductions needs to speed up in buildings, transport and agriculture to meet 55% target by 2030. Euractiv's media partner, The Guardian, reports. Slovakia’s Fico to take government reins in time for EU summit Slovakia's president will appoint a new government on Wednesday (25 October) led by three-time leftist prime minister Robert Fico, who won a 30 September election with pledges to end military aid to Ukraine and battle illegal migration.
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