As a result, governments of the world have had to sit up and take note and make provision and plans to tackle it. In recent years, we have seen attempts at this but continually they ran into problems, not least due to industry backlash. The recent agreement in Paris (COP21) is hoped to have heralded a new beginning in the fight against the issue with the main powers that be in terms of world leaders producing something workable for all.

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