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.
Fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gases are currently the world’s primary energy source. Oil, coal and gas contain a high percentage of carbon, therefore, burning fossil fuels has had a severe, damaging impact on our environment and is one of the main contributors to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).
With the high levels of air pollution in London, the Mayor has introduced Anti-Pollution Squads to help combat the cities air pollution levels and reduce the risk of breaching EU safety limits on Nitrogen Dioxide.