Rebecca Herscher

But it's not enough to avoid catastrophic amounts of warming in the coming decades, says United Nations Climate Chief Simon Steele.

Delegates from more than 190 nations are participating in this year's meeting.

The United States is not among them.

Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.

Large parts of Jamaica and Cuba are still in ruins a week after Hurricane Melissa swept through.

Dozens of people were killed across the Caribbean.

A new analysis by the climate risk modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company, finds the storm caused an estimated $2.4 billion of insured damage.

That includes damage to homes, businesses, and industrial sites in Jamaica and Cuba.