The past week has seen several significant developments in climate change and environmental sustainability. The UK Climate Change Committee has issued a directive urging the government to make adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement, particularly to prepare for 2C warming by 2050, highlighting the urgency of addressing climate challenges. Meanwhile, the Our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference emphasized the need for immediate and strategic action to combat climate change in the coming years. Additionally, the contentious issue of 'overshoot' in meeting the 1.5°C climate goal was the focus of an international conference, raising critical questions about the implications of exceeding this target. Another story of great importance is the release of data detailing the full climate impact of the controversial Rosebank oil field in the UK, estimating its contribution of nearly 250 million tonnes of planet-warming CO2. This underscores the need for careful assessment of the environmental consequences of oil exploration. Moreover, there has been a realization that Australia's rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, which is a concerning shift with significant global implications. Lastly, there are growing concerns over the impact of climate change on extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, with human-driven climate change making burned areas around 30 times larger and more destructive. These stories mention only a few of the events shaping the global climate conversation.