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Many Baltimore Ravens fans called for running back J.K. Dobbins to retire after consecutive season-ending injuries. Now, he is having a career year as a Los Angeles Charger, rushing 152 times for 726 yards and eight touchdowns. Dobbins' slue of injuries started with a season-ending knee injury during the 2021 preseason. He was then limited to eight games in 2022 due to more knee issues. Last year, the running back took just eight snaps before an Achilles tear in the opening game against the Houston Texans. However, Dobbins is changing the narrative with his resurgence in Los Angeles. He's been the producer in their rushing attack, leading the team by more than 530 yards. He's filled the production at the running back spot since the departure of Austin Ekeler. Dobbins' production also correlates with the team's success; they are 7-0 when he rushes for at least 50 yards and 0-3 when he does not. They are also 6-0 when Dobbins scores at least once. Dobbins is one of the favorites to win Comeback Player of the Year behind Kirk Cousins and Joe Burrow. Dobbins spoke about his redemption season on an episode of The Herd with Colin Cowherd last week. "This is a year granted by the Lord," Dobbins said. "You think about the injuries I've had; most people don't come back from them. And if they do, they don't perform at a high level." Dobbins said he's tuning out the statements from those declaring his career over. "A lot of people say, 'Running backs don't come back from an Achilles, they don't come back from knee injuries.' So I'm listening to these guys, but I'm really not," Dobbins said. "Because I just have so much faith in Jesus and my work ethic as well. It's a special year for me because I finally get to show people when I'm healthy, I might be one of the best running backs in the NFL." Dobbins faces off against his old team Monday night.49ers QB Brock Purdy resumes throwing but status for this week remains unknown

More than 300 activist groups yesterday jointly urged developing nations to walk away from deadlocked COP29 climate negotiations if wealthy countries do not make a better offer. "We urge you to stand up for the people of the Global South and we insist: no deal in Baku is better than a bad deal, and this is a very, very bad deal because of the intransigence of developed countries," said the letter addressed to the G77 bloc of developing nations and China. The talks in Baku, which were scheduled to conclude after 12 days on Friday, extended through the night into Saturday as poor nations rejected a draft proposal in which the developed world would provide $250 billion a year to countries worst hit by climate change. The proposal notes a target of $1.3 trillion per year to cope with rising temperatures and disasters, but most would come from private sources as wealthy nations say it is not politically realistic to tap further into government coffers. In an accompanying letter, the non-governmental organisations accused the United States, European Union, Britain and other developed nations of seeking to use the deal as proposed to make a "complete exit from any legal obligations to provide climate finance for developing countries". "You claim to champion a rules-based system, yet flout the rules when they don't suit your interests, putting at risk billions of people and life on Earth," they wrote. Signatories included representatives of ActionAid, Amnesty International, CAN International, Christian Aid and 350.org. The talks at a stadium in the Azerbaijani capital have focused on finding a new climate finance goal, with the $100 billion a year provided by wealthy nations under a previous commitment set to expire. The talks are taking place on what is poised to be the hottest year on record, with rising droughts, fires and storms taking a deadly toll, but also against the backdrop of a political resurgence of right-wing critics of the green agenda, including the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election. The world's most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference. An unpublished version of the final text circulating in Baku, and seen by AFP, proposes that rich nations raise to $300 billion a year by 2035 their commitment to poorer countries to fight climate change.