Newly released data from the Transportation Security Administration show that U.S. air travel is slowly coming back but remains nowhere near pre-pandemic levels.
Why it matters: The massive global drop-off in air travel is one major reason why oil demand has fallen so much this year.
Go deeper: IEA cuts oil demand forecast, citing "stalling" mobility
Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is slated to announce a target next week of making the nation carbon-neutral by 2050, per reports in Nikkei, Reuters and elsewhere.
Why it matters: Japan is one of the world's largest carbon emitters, per International Energy Agency data, though far smaller than China, the U.S. and India.
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
A skeleton is placed at a restaurant table in Rome to protest Italy's restrictions that'll see gyms, movie theaters and pools close and bars and restaurants required to shut by 6 p.m. until at least Nov. 24. Photo: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
Restrictions are returning across much of Europe as the continent faces a second coronavirus wave.
The big picture: Spain and France each surpassed 1 million cases last week, and both countries have implemented further restrictions on citizens. Italian officials announced strict new measures, effective Monday, to combat another cases spike. From Denmark to Romania, take a look at what steps countries have been taking, in photos.