As of early October 2016, the European Union (EU) formally signed the Paris Climate Agreement, an international consensus aiming to lower the impact of climate change. The agreement, made legal in early November 2016, will be supported by over 70 nations responsible for 57% of global carbon emissions.
There are more than 100,000 scheduled flights across the world each day and, as result of climate change, they are starting to experience higher levels of air turbulence each day. Climate change is also responsible for increasing the likeliness of dust storms and icing incidents which also impact air travel.
For the first time ever, the UK has fallen from the top 10 of a respected international league table of country’s energy sectors. The World Energy Council sees this as a result of the government’s lack of clarity and the swarm of changes which left the UK facing a potential gap in the energy supply.