Renewable energy – powering a safer and prosperous future. Energy is at the heart of the climate challenge – and key to the solution. Most of the greenhouse gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, mainly for electricity and heat.

Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct.

Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs.