Countries are facing a significant gap between the course of global greenhouse gas emissions under current plans and what is needed to meet the Paris Agreement's targets, according to a new UN report.
Why it matters: The report, released Friday, is the technical summary of the "First Global Stocktake" that will form the foundation of negotiations at the next climate summit, to be held in Dubai in early December.
About 7.95 billion people experienced summer temperatures that human-driven climate change made at least twice as likely, a new analysis suggests.
Why it matters: The rapid attribution analysis from Climate Central, a climate research and communications nonprofit, drives home that climate change is already tilting the odds in favor of increasingly hazardous heat, particularly in the developing world.
Coco Gauff's winning U.S. Open semifinal match against Karolina Muchova was delayed for some 45 minutes due to a climate protest in the stands of New York City's Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday.
Driving the news: One of the four environmental protesters "glued his bare feet" to the floor in the first game of the second set, per the New York Times. Extinction Rebellion activists said they were behind the protest that they claimed was a prelude to Climate Week NYC, which begins Sept. 17.
Driving the news: Venture capital and private equity investors on Tuesday invested over $2 billion into nearly a dozen climate tech companies, making it one of the sector's busiest deal days.
Toxic smoke from Canada's historic wildfires is drifting across the U.S. — triggering air quality alerts throughout much of Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota and Nebraska through Thursday.
The big picture: Canadian officials warn there's no immediate let-up in sight from the country's worst-ever wildfire season which has left an estimated 41 million acres razed and repeatedly choked North American cities with unhealthy smoke this summer, sending carbon emissions to record levels and posing a grave threat to people's health.
