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The world is still falling short on limiting climate change, according to U.N. report

The outlook for climate change is better now than a few years ago, but countries have a long way to go to avoid dangerous climate impacts, according to a new report.
Emissions from burning fossil fuels aren't falling fast enough to stop dangerous levels of warming, a U.N. report warns.

The world needs to "rapidly accelerate action" on cutting heat-trapping emissions, warns a new report from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Countries have an ever-shrinking window of time to stave off temperatures that would bring more dangerous heat waves, droughts and storms.

The warning comes ahead.

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