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Currently in Los Angeles — November 8, 2023: Offshore winds warm things up
Plus, a quick preview of COP28 in Dubai.
Ade Adeniji & Eric Holthaus
November 07, 2023
The weather, currently.
Offshore winds warm things up
After a cooler day Tuesday with clouds, we’re back to abundant sunshine and another offshore Santa Ana event. Such a great stretch of weather this fall (well, assuming you’re a fan of warm temps like me).
Temperatures should be back into the upper 70s away from the coast, with even warmer weather by the weekend. Still keeping an eye on that storm for next week, the first of the rainy season.
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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