Global Carbon emissions have risen to an all-time high due to painfully slow international action to reduce fossil fuel use according to a report from the Global Carbon Budget.
The research suggests that flooding will be the costliest natural disaster for the UK to deal with - including up to £33.9 billion in the next decade alone.
Imperial College London scientists say humanity can only emit around 250 more gigatonnes of carbon dioxide before there is a 50 per cent chance of the earth getting hotter than 1.5C.