In today\u2019s newsletter: As delegates gather for the world\u2019s biggest climate conference, many are asking what the re-election of the man who thinks global heating is \u2018a hoax\u2019 will mean for the planet<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Good morning.<\/p>\n It is now \u201cvirtually certain<\/a>\u201d that 2024 will be the warmest year in recorded history. And just like 2023, the past 12 months have been characterised by extreme weather events \u2013 from cyclones in Australia<\/a> to wildfires in Brazil<\/a> to last month\u2019s lethal floods in Spain<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>made more intense and more frequent by the climate crisis.<\/p>\n US election <\/strong><\/em>| Donald Trump has been declared the winner in Arizona, completing the Republicans\u2019 clean sweep of the so-called swing states<\/a> and rubbing salt in Democrats\u2019 wounds as it was announced that the president-elect is scheduled to meet with Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the presidential handover. Trump reportedly spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin on Thursday<\/a> and discussed the war in Ukraine, telling the Russian ruler not to escalate the conflict and reminding him of \u201cWashington\u2019s sizeable military presence in Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n House of Lords <\/strong><\/em>| The Liberal Democrats will try to hijack the government\u2019s bill to ban Lords from inheriting their seats<\/a> in parliament this week in an attempt to force a vote on an entirely elected upper chamber. MPs are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of the Labour legislation but the Lib Dems want to go drastically further.<\/p>\n Immigration and asylum<\/strong><\/em>| A Home Office artificial intelligence tool<\/a> that proposes enforcement action against adult and child migrants could make it too easy for officials to rubberstamp automated life-changing decisions, campaigners have said.<\/p>\n Health <\/strong><\/em>| The government is likely to offer a financial lifeline to the hospice sector amid fears end-of-life care providers are at risk of closure due to the double blow of the employers\u2019 national insurance rise and higher wage bills, the Guardian understands<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nursing <\/strong><\/em>| Increasing numbers of UK-trained nurses are set to leave the profession in England within a decade of registering<\/a>, in a trend that could jeopardise the government\u2019s overhaul of healthcare, according to a union.<\/p>\n