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‘THE ERA OF LOSS AND DAMAGES’

Monday, November 7, 2022

In today’s newsletter, we cover a call by hard-hit nations to get rich polluters to pay for climate change, profile a Native American chief who was ahead of his time … and take the ‘High Road’ to discover New England’s fall foliage.

A raging river washes away a road

PHOTO BY ABDUL MAJEED, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Imagine your country is responsible for less than 1 percent of global emissions. Then human-based climate change worsens a heat wave and once-in-a-lifetime floods. In the past year, those disasters wiped out 10 percent of Pakistan’s gross national product.

Why are the countries least responsible for climate change bearing the worst burdens? Shouldn’t the heaviest emitters pay? That’s what Pakistan and other developing nations are asking at this week’s global climate conference. “We have entered the era of loss and damages,” says one longtime climate negotiator.

But what’s the chance the rich nations would actually pay?

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Cars and tons of mud crashed into a house during a landslide

PHOTOGRAPH BY RIJASOLO, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Small polluters, big victims: In Madagascar (pictured above), firefighters search through rubble after a car park housing several private cars collapsed on houses following heavy rains in January. At top, parts of Pakistan have remained inundated months after intense monsoon rains, made worse by climate change, swept over the nation this summer. Read more.

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

A photo of slides of tissue specimen

PHOTOGRAPH BY MAX AGUILERA-HELLWIG

Startling advances in saving ‘nearly dead’ organs for human transplant (pictured above, micro slices of pig organ tissue)

These twins may make you rethink your views on race

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The teenage brain: Figuring out how and why teens think

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

An illustration of an Indigenous man with a hatchet standing off against a White man with a sword

BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

‘The Shooting Star’: He fought for Native land through alliances. First, through a fierce, pan-Indian confederacy and then by partnering with the British during the War of 1812. The Shawnee chief Tecumseh (pictured above during tense negotiations), a cunning warrior and statesmen, became a legend—and a presence in American history long after his death on the battlefield in 1813, Nat Geo reports.

THE MAN AND LEGEND

PHOTO OF THE DAY

A picture of two rats, one in a trap and one at the door of the trap

PHOTOGRAPH BY @PAOLOVERZONE

Creepy or compassionate? You may be startled at the sight of rats, but neuroscientists say they show the basic components of empathy. A free rat even senses the distress of a rat trapped in a tube (pictured above in this post on our Instagram)—and helps open a door to free it, Nat Geo reports.

HOW DO ANIMALS THINK?

LAST GLIMPSE

A landscape bathed in golden light

PHOTOGRAPH BY GABRIELLE K. MURPHY, BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL

Taking the high road: Why take the highway when you can take a path and trail that lets you see the beauty of the hills of the eastern United States? The first section of the new High Road (pictured above, the Mahanna Cobble viewpoint on the western edge of Massachusetts), reveals a stunning view of upstate New York’s Taconic Range—and enables travelers to do day hikes and stay in nearby towns, Nat Geo reports.

Correction: Saturday’s newsletter misspelled the first name of one of the fraternal twins that may help you rethink race. Her name is Millie Biggs.

Today's newsletter was curated and edited by Sydney Combs, Heather Kim, Jen Tse, and David Beard. Have an idea or link to a story you think is right down our alley? Let us know at [email protected]. Happy trails!

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