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Before we understand the impact climate change will have on our planet, we first need to understand why atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are increasing and how high they could go.

Even if our greenhouse gas emissions stop come 2060, the 2070s will likely see average global temperatures rise by some 3.5°C, giant bushfires devastate Australia and much of the Amazon being destroyed by forest fires.

If our emissions continue to increase at the current rate, the 2060s will see most of the much of the tropical ocean becoming toxic to marine life, entire cities being abandoned and much of the world's water supplies drying up.

By the middle of the century, our increasing emissions will likely result in Africa being abandoned, torrential rail flooding much of China, one-third of all species going extinct and our vegetation releasing more carbon dioxide than it absorbs.

Should our emissions continue to increase at the current rate, forest fires are likely to batter much of Europe while rising sea-levels and raging storms are likely to decimate many of the world's most famous cities.

Our increasing demand for fossil fuel is likely to tip Greenland's ice sheets into runaway melting, result in entire nations being washed away and cause over two-hundred million people to lose their life before the conclusion of the 2030s.