Every day, we are encouraged to take action against climate change. No matter where you go for your daily instalment of news and information, whether its a website, television or social media, you can guarantee that you will come across at least one story that highlights the impact we are all having on the environment and the importance of change.
Humanity is on target to recreate the Earth’s most significant climate change event ever. The amount of carbon released over several thousand years in the Paleocene–Eocene era, we, as a species, will manage to surpass in just a few hundred. This is dangerous.
Both our Energy in 2018 and Energy in 2019 articles gave detail to the number of changes that were taking place in the energy management sector; 2020 is a year that will see such legislation come fully into force.
With the General Election on 12th December 2019 fast approaching, the pressure’s on for each party to get across its policies. So naturally, 2EA® have reviewed each of the main party’s manifesto and have provided a summary below of their views on UK energy and climate policy.
With their cute eyes, fluffy white looking fur, big paws and sometimes clumsy cubs, polar bears have been the face of climate change for years. They have been used in images around the world – one polar bear in particular shot to fame when a photographer captured it looking extremely thin and gaunt for National Geographic. This image exploded with the headline ‘this is what climate change looks like’ but like most news in today’s society, this caption turned out to be misleading. There was no proof that climate change had caused this single polar bear to become so skinny; it was even highlighted by the National Geographical team that it entered the water and swam away with no difficulty.