Chile UN & climate diplomacy: Former President Michelle Bachelet says she’s withdrawing her bid to become UN Secretary-General, citing backlash against multilateralism, international law, and even climate science. Courts & environment: India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant urged judges to harmonise conservation and development, calling the Supreme Court a “banyan tree” for environmental justice. Chile biodiversity & fossils: Scientists report a capybara tooth fossil from the Atacama—nearly 9 million years old—challenging the idea that the region has been continuously dry for tens of millions of years. El Niño impacts in the region: Peru’s “super” El Niño is intensifying, with record heat and mass sea-lion and seabird deaths along the coast. Public health milestone: Chile is validated for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem, after decades of vaccination, surveillance, and access to post-exposure care. Guanaco repopulation: Chile’s Metropolitan Region is advancing guanaco restoration with captive breeding and sanctuary monitoring, aiming to strengthen wild populations. Mining & copper signals: Global copper supply is trending toward its first annual decline since 2017, with Chile underperforming amid aging operations—pushing prices and reshaping 2026 forecasts. Chile energy transition talent: A Chilean climate-finance scholarship recipient is studying how to structure feasible projects for the country’s renewable energy push. Wildlife & human risk: A Chile-focused piece warns that sea-lion outbreaks can be a bad sign for human health, reflecting growing pressure at the human-wildlife interface.