Carbon Brief handpicks and explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

There is widespread coverage of the Canyon Fire north of Los Angeles, which forced thousands of people to evacuate at the end of last week.

Many people around the world say they are feeling more worried about climate change. Researchers call this growing phenomenon “climate anxiety”.

Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK – an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Deadly rainfall and flooding struck across China and the government issued policies on clean-energy “price wars”.