Bleak

Washington Post: In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change - “We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated,” a top official says. By Brady Dennis

The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas emissions offer the only hope of averting an ever-intensifying cascade of consequences, according to new findings from the United Nations.