AVERAGE global air temperatures breached 1.5°C for the first time at the start of 2024 — at least five years earlier than predicted. So, while developing countries burn, global climate injustice persists. No high-emitting country has complied with the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement. Governments in the UK and Scotland are exacerbating the crisis by reneging on their climate pledges to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, paving the way for net zero at the latest by 2050. The catastrophic effects of climate breakdown hit people in developing countries the hardest, even though historically, the highest emitters…