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Currently in Austin — October 5, 2023: Cooler temps and rain
Plus, Pope Francis issues an urgent call for climate action.
Eric Holthaus & A Hebert
October 04, 2023
The weather, currently.
Cooler temps and rain
The big day is here! Thursday brings a long-awaited cold front and a much-anticipated drop in temperatures, with a high near 82 and a 100% chance of rain. Expect showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, with rainfall amounts between half and three quarters of an inch possible. Rain chances decrease to 40 percent Thursday night, mainly before 1am, and temperatures hit a delightful low around 67. At long last, we can turn off the AC, pull out our jackets and appreciate the pumpkin-themed grocery displays, because it will finally start to feel like fall.
-Anne Hebert
What you need to know, currently.
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of more than a billion Christians worldwide, has issued a forceful new call for bold climate action.
The document is addressed specifically to the world’s wealthy and privileged, particularly in the US and Europe, to show compassion for people around the world who have done little to cause the climate emergency and who are already feeling its effects profoundly.
“Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” he wrote.
The Pope called for a transition away from lifestyles of consumption and extraction and towards a more ecologically-focused society. His message is timely as the world prepares to gather in Dubai for the latest global climate negotiations next month.
In 2015, Pope Francis made a similar appeal in advance of the Paris climate accords, and was widely credited at helping steer the conversation away from the impersonal numbers and scientific debate towards justice and social progress.
What you can do, currently.
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