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Currently in Boston — November 8, 2023: Bright and breezy and much cooler
Plus, a quick preview of COP28 in Dubai.
Dave Epstein & Eric Holthaus
November 07, 2023
The weather, currently.
Bright and breezy and much cooler
Colder air will arrive overnight with temperatures falling back down into the 30s. It will be bright and breezy on Wednesday with temperatures only in the 40s in the afternoon a stark contrast to the near 70° weather of Tuesday.
A rainstorm arrives on Thursday. Temperatures will be mostly in the 40s and the rain may start as a mixture north and west of Route 495. It remains very chilly on Friday with highs only near 50 and a lot of clouds. Right now the weekend looks dry and seasonable with temperatures getting into the 50s.
What you need to know, currently.
A new fund will be established to pay for the “loss and damage” caused by climate change in poorer countries — but will be far weaker than hoped after a major setback this past weekend in Abu Dhabi. The disappointment is casting an increasingly worrying shadow over the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai.
A last-minute objection by the US delegation to the consensus text forced a change in the funding mechanism that only “urged” rich countries to contribute to the new fund, but didn’t require them.
“It is a sombre day for climate justice, as rich countries turn their backs on vulnerable communities. [This] falls short of providing vulnerable communities with adequate assurance that their financial needs for coping with climate impacts and rebuilding their lives will be met.”
Still up for discussion in the run-up to Dubai: Whether or not world countries will agree to a binding “phase out” of fossil fuels globally, and the first official check-up or “stocktake” on how the world’s efforts at reducing climate change has progressed since 2015 in Paris. Spoiler alert: not well.
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