"Climate Summit's Urgent Goal: Cut More Emissions, Faster"

"A year after the landmark Paris climate agreement, negotiators gathering in Morocco for the next round agrees its pledges do not go far enough."

"If there was one unifying principle as this year's United Nations climate conference started in Marrakesh, Morocco on Monday, it was that the world needs to lift its ambition in fighting global warming.

Unless the world acts quickly, warned Erik Solheim, head of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), 'we will grieve over the avoidable human tragedy.

'The growing numbers of climate refugees hit by hunger, poverty, illness and conflict will be a constant reminder of our failure to deliver,' he said last week as UNEP unveiled its annual 'gap report' describing how far short the promises so far have fallen. 'The science shows that we need to move much faster.'"

John H. Cushman Jr. reports for InsideClimate News November 8, 2016.