An Overheating Planet Requires Supercharged Climate Solutions

First came the hottest June in recorded history. Now it’s the hottest-ever July. This year is already highly likely to replace 2016 atop the heat ranking. Scientists suspect the last several years have been warmer than any point in more than 125,000 years.

This acceleration of heat is the result of burning enough fossil fuel to raise global average temperatures about 1.2C since the Industrial Revolution. And we’re not yet halfway to Peak Heat.

According to the current projections from researchers at Climate Action Tracker, all the existing emissions-cutting policies by governments around the world would result ...