After the flood: inside the 4 November Guardian Weekly

Cop27's climate prospects. Plus: Can the Democrats rescue the US midterms?Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressFor readers of the Guardian Weekly magazine's North American edition this week, the cover focuses on the Democrats' precarious hopes in the midterm elections. Elsewhere, the spotlight shines on the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt.Cautious optimism followed the last Cop conference in Glasgow, where an international roadmap was agreed to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating. On the eve of this year's summit, however, a slew of alarming reports have shown that carbon emissions are still rising. Continue reading...