1 CLIMATE CRISIS
‘Hellish’ 3C climate heating, UN warns ahead of Cop28
The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned before the crucial Cop28 climate summit that begins on 28 November in the United Arab Emirates. The report found that today’s carbon-cutting policies are so inadequate that 3C of heating would be reached this century.
Temperature records have already been obliterated in 2023 and intensifying heatwaves, floods and droughts have taken lives and hit livelihoods across the globe, in response to a temperature rise of just 1.4C to date.
The UN Environment Programme report said that implementing future policies already promised by countries would shave 0.1C off the 3C limit. Putting in place emissions cuts pledged by developing countries on condition of receiving financial and technical support would cut the temperature rise to 2.5C, still a catastrophic scenario.
To get on track for the internationally agreed target of 1.5C, 22bn tonnes of CO2 must be cut from the currently projected total in 2030, the report said – that is 42% of global emissions.
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2 ARGENTINA
Far-right Javier Milei calls his poll victory a ‘miracle’
Javier Milei, a volatile far-right libertarian who has vowed to “exterminate” inflation and take a chainsaw to the state, was elected president, catapulting South America’s second largest economy into an unpredictable and potentially turbulent future.
With more than 99% of votes counted, the Mick Jagger-impersonating TV celebrity-turned-politician, often compared to Donald Trump, had secured 55.69% of the vote compared with 44.3% for his rival, the centre-left finance minister Sergio Massa.
“Today the reconstruction of Argentina begins. Today is a historic night for Argentina,” Milei told supporters at his Buenos Aires campaign headquarters, calling his victory a “miracle”.
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3 UNITED STATES
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie settle suit
Sean “Diddy” Combs and
