Firefighters battle raging fires in Greece, Turkey and California which have destroyed entire villages and thousands of acres of land creating apocalyptic scenes. We ignored the warnings, and now it's too late: global heating has arrived with a vengeance and will see Earth's average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels around 2030, a decade earlier than projected only three years ago, according to a landmark UN assessment published. A RECAP OF RAGING FIRES IN GREECE, TURKEY AND CALIFORNIA