UN report says countries are falling short of Paris climate goals

The United Nations warned in a new report Tuesday that countries aren’t on track to meet their commitments laid out in the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Why it matters: This report, by the UN’s Environment Programme, comes on the heels of two other seminal reports detailing not only dire consequences from a warmer planet, but also the low chances that the world is going to curb greenhouse gas emissions to what scientists say is needed.