Driving the news: A series of verbal surveys conducted by Resilience Force over the summer found that a majority of their laborers feared going to the state over concerns of deportation, Sacha Feinman, communications director for the nonprofit, told Axios.
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.
