Arctic Wildlife Protection: A person in Norway’s Svalbard was fined about $5,255 after using a ship horn to wake a sleeping polar bear, highlighting how warming is stressing Arctic habitats and why local rules ban unnecessary disturbance. Climate Finance: Norway hit a record 30.3 billion NOK in climate finance in 2025, up 60% year-on-year, with much of the jump driven by private capital mobilized through Norfund and the Climate Investment Fund. Wildfire Crisis in Europe: Belgium’s High Fens wildfire—burning peatlands and forests near the German border—was slowed but not contained, with firefighters and aircraft still battling shifting conditions. Extreme Heat Impacts Tourism: Alpine summer skiing is being shut down as glaciers can’t safely recover overnight; Italy’s Stelvio Glacier closed indefinitely after persistently high temperatures. Renewables in Action: Statkraft Peru picked Vestas for a 72 MW wind farm, adding another Norwegian-linked renewable project to the pipeline. Local Energy Planning: Norway’s Planning Board rejected a solar array proposal in Greenwood Road, citing concerns about landscape fit and historic character. Green Tech & Industry: A new feature lets Norwegian Bridge Technologies’ monitoring probes play out transport stream files over IP networks, pointing to more capable infrastructure monitoring and compliance tools. Arctic Travel Demand: Brussels Airlines is adding winter scheduled flights to Evenes in northern Norway plus Finnish Lapland routes, aiming to boost access to Northern Lights and Arctic holidays.