Vice President Harris pledged $3 billion# toward a global fund to help poor nations## adapt to climate change.

The United States# also committed to doubling energy efficiency## and tripling the use of renewable energy by# 2030.

Harris said the time for action is now.

KAMALA HARRIS: The urgency of this# moment is clear.

The clock is no## longer just ticking.

It is banking, and# we must make up for lost time.

And we## must treat the climate crisis as the# existential threat that it truly is.

JOHN YANG: Officials also announced a# major new initiative aimed at getting## methane emission to near zero by 2030.

In Atlanta,## a protester is in critical condition# tonight after setting themselves on## fire outside the Israeli consulate.

A security# guard who tried to intervene was Police said they found a Palestinian# flag of the scene and called it an## act of extreme political protest.

And a# Bavarian Blizzard has dropped record snow## amounts on much of Germany, Austria,# the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

The storm knocked out power to thousands# installed travel across the region,## grounding flights burying highways# and forcing mass transit to close.

Still to come on PBS News Weekend, a new pledge# to reduce methane emissions around the world and## how abortion restrictions are affecting the# care doctors can give patients in Wisconsin.