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Currently in Austin — November 8, 2023: Warm and muggy
Plus, a quick preview of COP28 in Dubai.
A Hebert & Eric Holthaus
November 07, 2023
The weather, currently.
Warm and muggy
From a low of 34 last week to a high near 85 Wednesday, the fluctuating temperatures have me combing my closet for clothes that accommodate whatever the week may bring. So I was glad to see this article about collecting clothes that last (rather than buying fast fashion to meet the whims of Texas weather). You don’t have to buy new; I just RSVPd for one friend’s biannual clothes swap and another’s pop-up of curated thrift store fashions, and my local Buy Nothing Group is always hopping with exchanges.
Whatever you’re pulling out to wear Wednesday, plan for a muggy, warm and breezy day with a low around 68 overnight. But be ready to swap it out Thursday as a cold front heads our way and confuses our closets once again.
-Anne Hebert
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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