Tackling a challenge on the scale of the global climate emergency will require collective action and for every part of society – from governments, to businesses, organisations and citizens – to come together, galvanised by the one, common goal of reaching Net Zero.

It’s been a few months since the long awaited Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was published, with some early signs of reform already being introduced, such as the recent launch of new flexible tickets for commuters.

The climate change crisis, caused mainly by emission of greenhouse gases and burning fossil fuels for energy use, is accelerating at a rapid rate and having catastrophic impacts on our weather, environment and the future of our planet.

At Cop 26 in Glasgow last October, world leaders pledged to end deforestation, move away from coal and curb methane emissions, amongst many other revised targets.

The North has a proud industrial heritage, and now it has a huge opportunity to become a world class leader in the emerging clean energy sector.

To mitigate climate emergency, there is a global race to achieve carbon neutrality.

When you picture the communities of the future what do you see?

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused undeniable personal suffering and fiscal chaos across the UK – and, indeed, the world - for most of 2020, a year that many of us personally, professionally and economically have found difficult in ways we could never have anticipated.

There are no prizes for realising that the UK aviation industry is currently in the depths of its biggest crisis in history, with most issues either created - or at least exacerbated - by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the second instalment of our aviation series, we’re focusing on the topic of climate resilience, what it means for airports, and how taking certain actions now can secure or threaten their operational futures.