…-lying coastal areas and coral reefs. However, limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires ‘rapid and far reaching’ transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport and cities. Emissions of carbon dioxide would need to fall by around 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching ‘net zero’ around 2050. The UK, through the Climate Change Act in 2008, is going some way to achieve…