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the president of the federated states of micronesia speaking to me a little earlier. the uk. but in recent hours, things have been changing — more cloud has been rolling its way in from the west, and with that, we�*ve seen some milderair pushing in, these westerly winds bringing those milder conditions for most of us, away from the far north of scotland. so for the majority, tuesday morning is starting with a very different feel — temperatures in liverpool, in plymouth, around 11 celsius. but with that, we have more in the way of cloud, and we have some outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle. now, through the day, that cloud should thin and break a little bit to give some sunny spells, particularly across england and wales. and then through the afternoon, we�*ll see a band of heavier rain pushing in from the west, getting into parts of northern ireland and western scotland with strengthening winds. but top temperatures 10—12 celsius in most places — it will stay quite chilly in the far north of scotland, just three there in lerwick. now, through tuesday night, we�*re wa

kerry was in the room, great representation from my island brothers and sisters, palau was there, micronesiaairs of the ldc group, lilac was there represented by costa rica and others. it is a diverse group of countries -- small countries, big countries, wealthy countries, poor countries, wh a line that connects us together is we are for an ambitious outcome at this cop. christian: where do you think you are now? tina: we started this process in july. we have been meeting with partners in that group since then, at various ministerial meetings. and now, it is crunch time. we put out this leader statement signed by president joe biden, the president of palau and many other leaders, that really set the bar last week for what ambition needs to look likat this cop, how it needs to cover all pillars of the paris agreement -- mitigation, adaptation and finance, including language on loss and damage. and it is now a matter of building on that statement. we see much of that reflected in the current text. we talked about areas that it needs to be strengthened further. question: where? tina: it definit

it was also australia, new zealand, our friends from the federated states of micronesia in japan. and taiwan. so was, was a mix of countries. they came out to help and they said, you know, through red cross, blue care kids and all those kinds of things to help people get back on their feet . but the reality is, to build new homes are to built homes that are strong enough to withstand the storms. that's where the real challenge lies and, and unfortunately, is the people that are the most vulnerable. the weakest are the ones that sell for the most, you know from this because they, it's hard for them to rebuild. and it's hard for him to build structures that can really withstand the stronger ones that we now are faced with. because missing from call was the emissions fossil fuel emissions that come from the military as you know, the bent, again repeatedly larger, polluted than a 140 countries combined. why have you asked for military for military bases in palau? i already know, you know, a 3rd, maybe the country is u. s. military. why have you asked for more military base is given th

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