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Currently in NYC — October 18, 2023: Combo days of sun and clouds continue
Plus, wealthy nations still not paying up ahead of COP28
Stacy Blundell & Abbie Veitch
October 17, 2023
The weather, currently.
Combo days of sun and clouds continue
Tuesday was a great cloud day. Billowy and bright white clouds dotted the sky against a vividly blue backdrop. It’s easy to forget to look up in our busy city but it’s always worth the extra seconds.
We climb a few degrees on Wednesday for a high of 65°F. Our combo days of sun and clouds continue but the chance of showers is gone. The weather will be gentle to us with low humidity and calm winds. Enjoy the beautiful Fall day. Only 13 days until Halloween and 36 days until Thanksgiving.
Bike Forecast:
10 out of 10
What you need to know, currently.
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, is about a month and a half away. However, after last year's conference — which emphasized Climate Finances — wealthy nations are still falling far behind on financial commitments.
The majority of these promises are already overdue. In 2009 wealthy nations promised to pay $100 billion per year in climate finance to the Global South by 2020.
Earlier this month the UN's main fund created to support these goals — the Green Climate Fund — announced that it had raised $9.3 billion, falling short of a $10 billion target. This comes nowhere near the $200-$250 billion the UN estimates developing nations will actually need each year by 2030.
The US and China, the globe's two largest polluters, failed to contribute to the fund at all.
At least years COP, held in Egypt, countries also agreed to create a “Loss and Damage Fund.” A fund where wealthy nations would contribute funds to assist developing nations as they recover from inevitable climate disasters, i.e. loss and damages.
Almost a year later, there is no clear path forward for the creation or execution of this fund.
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