Beachgoers in Lacanau, France, sit on sand watching wildfire smoke rise over a lake
A wildfire at Lacanau in south-west France in July. Scientists say human-caused climate change has increased the risk of wildfires. Photograph: Maximilien Lamy/AFP/Getty Images
A wildfire at Lacanau in south-west France in July. Scientists say human-caused climate change has increased the risk of wildfires. Photograph: Maximilien Lamy/AFP/Getty Images
What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?

Its key temperature goal has been missed but experts say the agreement is still proving a vital moral compass for progress