UN - Climate changes

1. Security Council LIVE: Can critical minerals fuel peace and prosperity instead of conflict?

   The Security Council met Wednesday in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or fund conflict and corruption? Follow live updates throughout the day below and go here for full coverage from across the UN.

2. ‘Business as usual is a business of death’: UN adopts road safety pledge over US objection

   The UN General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 – over the sole objection of the United States.

3. Moon Day focuses growing concerns around space junk

   Amid surging lunar exploration, the UN on Monday urged governments to ensure that humanity's return to the Moon does not come at the expense of planet Earth – or the long-term sustainability of space.

4. ‘Heat deaths are not inevitable’: WHO pushes Europe to heat‑proof its hospitals

   As Europe battles a deadly record-breaking heatwave, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidance on Thursday to help countries face scorching temperatures now and in the future.

5. Peak heat in Europe just broke historic 1970s records

   This year marks the hottest June recorded for Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the latest report from a climate tracking service released on Thursday.