Executive Brief • September 3, 2026
NAEM
“All the months are crude experiments, out of which the perfect September is made.”
― Virginia Woolf
Global Warming Will Exceed Limit, UN Says in a Report that Maps Path to Get Back Below Danger Zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.
Associated Press

If Safety Can’t Speak Business, Safety Won’t Influence Business
Safety professionals should shift their language from compliance-centric to business-oriented to better influence organizational leadership.
EHS Today

‘Uncharted Territory’: Second-Largest Reservoir in US Plunges to a Record Low
Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the United States, provides water and electricity to millions in the West. It has now shrunk to its lowest level on record, in the latest sign of the alarming crisis unfolding on the drought-stricken Colorado River.
CNN

Why Construction’s Fatality Rates Aren’t Falling
The fatality rate for the construction industry has remained steady for over a decade. Changing the numbers will require both change of thinking and operations.
EHS Today

A Quiet Workforce Isn’t a Happy One. Leaders Need to Ask 3 Questions Before It’s Too Late
Employee engagement isn’t optional, it’s an important leadership signal.
Inc.
 
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