Three days after the National Weather Service of Spain confirmed a record reading of 46 ° C in the southern city of El Granado, there was little break in day and night temperatures through the continent and beyond.

In Barcelona, ​​a road sweeper would have died on Saturday after finishing his quarter of work, which caused a widespread survey and public calls to stay away from the sun as far as possible.

“Everyone is at risk,” said Clare Nullis, spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (Wmo): “If you go out without water in the middle of the day, to jog, go for a bicycle ride, you will probably have health problems or even die. “”

Fossil fuel factor

If part of the reason for the heat of the heat of Europe is because it is at the grip of a high -pressure high pressure in North Africa weather, Ms. Nullis noted that “climate change induced by humans” is the source of these acute meteorological events.

Another part of the climate puzzle is that sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean are exceptionally high for this time of the year. “This is the equivalent of a terrestrial heat wave,” said OMM spokesperson.

“The extreme heat slips on you,” she added, while the dangerously hot conditions become “more frequent, more intense” due to the global warming caused by the combustion of fossil combustibles.

“This is something with which we have to learn to live,” said Nullis, stressing the importance of early warnings in national weather and hydrological services to prevent more deaths by extreme heat events-which are often “sub-reflective” in official statistics.

Hot days – and nights

According to the United Nations agency, the minimum night temperatures and the maximum daytime temperatures broke the station’s monthly records for June in certain parts of the west and southwest of Europe, partly explaining why the heat wave is so drained.

“The frequency and intensity of extreme heat events increase in Europe and in 2050, around half of the European population can be exposed to a high or very high risk of thermal stress during the summer,” said Nullis.

“What is exceptional – and I stressed exceptional but not unprecedented – is the time of year. We are July 1, and we see episodes of extreme heat that we would see normally later. »»

WMO insisted that the warnings of national weather services and coordinated thermal action plans are increasingly important to protect public security and well-being.

The United Nations agency promotes these efforts through its The first warnings for all platform.

A key component is the WMO coordination mechanism (Wcm) which supports the regions subject to the crisis and conflicts with advice. WMO organizes information authorizing the bad weather, the climate and the water in countries such as its WCM Global Hydromet Weekly Scan.

“In the midst of the current Israeli military operations, Dozens of people were said to have been killed and injured, especially while waiting for food“The United Nations Bureau for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha) Say.

“During the weekend, there were many attacks of attacks that hit houses, as well as schools organizing displaced people,” he added.

Catastrophic hunger

OCHA noted that in the midst of “strong constraints” on the contribution of supplies and the realization of humanitarian operations through Gaza, people are hungry.

“The World Food Program (Wfp) report that One in five people faces catastrophic hunger and more than 90,000 women and children need urgent treatment for malnutrition“He said.

PAM has around 130,000 metric tonnes of food positioned in the region, ready to serve people in Gaza if improved access is granted.

Call for access

OCHA reiterated calls to Israel to facilitate access and entry of essential supplies to Gaza, through the cross points and the corridors available, to meet the desperate needs of people. The fuel, in particular, is urgent.

“” The UN and its partners use the Israeli authorities, with the greatest emergency, to allow fuel entry to Gaza. This is critically for vital operations-including hospitals, water and sanitation equipment, telecommunications, moving goods of level passages and kitchens of the operating community, “he said.

Continuous displacement

The mass displacement continues in the enclave torn by the war.

The Israeli army published new evacuation orders for some parts of Jabalya and Gaza City on Sunday, which has an impact on around 150,000 people. Those forced to flee join thousands of people already crowded in shelters without water, sanitation and medical care. Shelter materials such as tents and wood have not entered Gaza for 17 weeks.

Most of the territory remains under travel orders, said OCHA, and Israel, as occupying power, has a legal obligation to protect civilians.

Look for the missing

Meanwhile, in Gaza torn by the war, thousands of families remain trapped in a spiral of anxiety and despair while they are looking for their missing loved ones.

Among them, Anwar Hawas, a young woman in their twenties, desperately looking for Hadi, his 17 -year -old autistic brother who has disappeared for weeks.

“Every day, I go out in the morning and I come back in the evening, hoping to find it,” she said UN News.

The Palestinian Statistics Central Office reports that more than 11,000 people have been missing in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, the majority of women and children.

Talk to Human Rights Council In Geneva, the High Commissioner, Volker Türk, asked the Member States so sufficiently done to protect people from climate change impacts.

“” Do we take the necessary measures to protect people from climate chaos, protect their future and manage natural resources so as to respect human rights and the environment? »» asked delegates during the current human rights session in Geneva.

His answer was simple – we don’t do enough.

Türk stressed that if climate change has disastrous risks of human rights – especially for the most vulnerable – it can also be a strong lever for progress.

At the heart of this is a “transition” far from environmental destructive activities.

“” What we need now is a roadmap that shows us how to rethink our societies, economies and policies in a fair and sustainable manner“He said.

The right to decent work

One of the main routes through which the Council – the highest intergovernmental body of the United Nations on human rights – examined the link between human rights and climate change was the right to decent work.

“” Due to climate change, the very human right of decent work is fundamentally challenged today“Said Moustapha Kamal Gueye, a senior official of the International Labor Organization (Ilo).

He warned that 80 million full -time jobs will no longer exist in 2030 if the world continues its current climate trajectory. More than 70% of global workforce – 2.4 billion workers – will be exposed to excessive heat at a given time.

These alarming statistics highlighted the urgent need for robust social protection systems, including social security, for workers while the climate crisis continues to intensify, said Gueye. Less than 9% of workers in the 20 countries most impacted by the climate have a form of social protection.

“” From the point of view of climate resilience, nations are far from achieving human right to social protection“Said Mr. Gueye.Investments in social protection must be extended, which must pass from responses to shocks to institutionalized approaches and based on rights.“”

On a more optimistic note, he added, an evolution towards economies with low carbon content can potentially generate more than 100 million jobs by 2030. However, he warned that these jobs may not emerge when others are lost, strengthening the need for high safety and planning nets.

“Debicate” the economy and knowledge

Elisa Morgera, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change, also presented her latest report, which calls for the “loss” of economies. The suppression of fossil fuels, she said, is the most effective way to reduce climate impacts while protecting human rights.

Of course, this is not a simple task, because Ms. Morgera noted that fossil fuels have invaded all parts of our lives and savings.

“” Fossil fuels are everywhere: in our food systems, in our ocean and in our body, including in our brain – in many cases without our knowing or choosing so that they are in our lives“Said Ms. Morgera.

Ms. Morgera – who is mandated and appointed by the Human Rights Council, and is not a member of the UN staff – also underlined the need to “defose knowledge”, noting how the interests of fossil fuels distorted the understanding of the public and attacked the defenders of the climate.

Although geopolitical divisions can slow down progress, it insisted that action can start now at all levels. “We can feed hope and share a concrete learning that can inspire a course correction in the current decade, towards a safe climate for all.”

A people centered on people

Mr. Türk has concluded his remarks reinforcing that a just transition must ensure that no one is left behind.

“” If we do not protect people’s lives, their health, their work and their future opportunities, the transition will happen again and exacerbate injustices and inequalities in our world“He said.

Mr. Gueye echoes this message: “The global climate program is a human story and it is human rights. The ambition that the nations and the global community are looking for cannot be confined to digital targets and indicators – It must be fundamentally concerned people. »»