The United Nations warned last month that the Earth is on track to heat up between 2.6C and 3.1C by the end of the century unless we act.That’s an increase on the UN’s concerns from last year, when the organisation predicted global temperatures could increase by anything between 2.5C and 2.9C, when compared to the climate we experienced in the pre-industrial era.The world is already 1.4C hotter than it was before the Industrial Revolution – and gas emissions are only rising.The 2024 annual Emissions Gap Report, released ahead of the annual UN climate summit COP29, said urgent intervention is needed from global governments.The UN environment chief, Inger Andersen said: “If nations do not implement current commitments then show a massive increase in ambition in the new pledges, followed by rapid delivery, the Paris Agreement target of holding global warming to 1.5C will be dead within a few years and 2C will take its place in the intensive care unit.”Similarly, the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said last year: “Present