Last week, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the umbrella treaty through which the Paris Agreement was negotiated, published its first assessment of country's pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade. It showed that, right now, the world is on track only for a 1 percent cut in emissions by 2030—a fraction of the effort that is required in order to avoid a climate crisis. If things stay as they are, the planet our children will inherit from us will be much less stable. The increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events will pose an ever-present risk to homes and to livelihoods, to food production and to fresh water, and to precious ecosystems. 