UN - Climate changes

UN News - Global perspective Human stories | Climate and Environment
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The UN’s top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.
  4. 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.
  5. In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same - and then again in August. And September. And November.