In 2024, climate change continued its seemingly relentless march. Once the data are in, 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record, beating 2023. This is not an outlier; the 10 warmest years recorded have all occurred since 2010. Yet greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change, are still rising, not falling. Emissions grew by more than 1 per cent during 2023 even as scientists say they need to peak and then decline by 25 per cent to 40 per cent by 2030.