‘The wealthiest 1% of the world’s population were responsible for the emission of more than twice as much carbon dioxide as the poorer half of the world from 1990 to 2015, according to new research.’

Source: World’s richest 1% cause double CO2 emissions of poorest 50%, says Oxfam | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

‘As climate-fueled wildfires continue to ravage the West, the Trump administration has tapped a well-known climate change denier for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. University of Delaware professor David Legates has written papers calling for more fossil fuel emissions and has had his work supported by the Robert Mercer-funded Heartland Institute and Koch Industries, as well as major gas companies.’

Source: As Fires Rage Across the West, Trump Bails Out Big Oil & Picks Climate Denier for Top Role at NOAA | Democracy Now!

‘WASHINGTON — With wildfires raging across the West, climate change took center stage in the race for the White House on Monday as former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called President Trump a “climate arsonist” while the president said that “I don’t think science knows” what is actually happening.’

Source: Trump Again Rejects Science During California Wildfire Briefing – The New York Times

‘A big chunk of ice has broken away from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf – 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden – in north-east Greenland.’

Source: Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf – BBC News

‘More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California this year — some 3% of the state — with many wildfires still at zero containment and months of fire season left to go. This far exceeds the previous record set in 2018, when 1.7 million acres burned, including the town of Paradise.’

Source: Op-Ed: With global heating, expect inferno seasons in the West – Los Angeles Times

‘…Projections have turned to reality. The future has arrived. What we’re seeing now, with massive wildfires, worsening storms, unprecedented heat, and record droughts and floods is just the beginning of the climate changes to come. On top of rising oceans, the accelerating destruction of the Arctic ice cap, expanding water crises, and new health disasters, these climate impacts are something no human society has ever experienced and for which we remain woefully unprepared.’

Source: The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call | Wildfires | The Guardian

‘On average, global populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles plunged by 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to the WWF and Zoological Society of London (ZSL)’s biennial Living Planet Report 2020. Two years ago, the figure stood at 60%.’

Source: Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale – report | Environment | The Guardian

‘Would Americans feel a greater sense of alarm about our rapidly warming planet and the disastrous, perhaps irreversible effects of climate change if everyone could experience a fire season in person?’

Source: Opinion | I Need You to Care That Our Country Is on Fire – The New York Times

‘WASHINGTON — A report commissioned by federal regulators overseeing the nation’s commodities markets has concluded that climate change threatens U.S. financial markets, as the costs of wildfires, storms, droughts and floods spread through insurance and mortgage markets, pension funds and other financial institutions.’

Source: Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change – The New York Times

‘The study says that by 2030, the world would need to cut the combined emissions of the top six carbon-producing countries to have a reasonable chance of staying below the 1.5C “guard rail”.’

‘While not impossible, the report says it would essentially require a pandemic-sized carbon slowdown every year from now until the end of the decade.’

Source: UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow climate change – BBC News