UN - Climate changes

1. Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region

   Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as a rare polar cold wave grips the region, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Thursday. 

2. 50 years of CITES: Protecting wildlife from trade-driven extinction

   The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international trade.

3. Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

   The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

4. Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief

   The UN’s top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.

5. Tide of change in Philippines as women revive watersheds and livelihoods

   In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the river’s tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky.