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Impacts of climate change on shipping industries

The shipping industry is one of the biggest sectors in the world that keeps the global economy moving. Ocean freight accounts for as much as 80% of the world’s total trade volume. The world is also at the cusp of the harmful effects of climate change, affecting how we do business.

Man-made climate change induces a shift in water conditions, weather effects, and much more. Here’s how climate change impacts shipping industries and why we need to start acting on it as soon as possible.

How Climate Change Affects The World

To understand the impacts of climate change, we need to understand first how it affects offshore weather conditions and everything crucial to the industry. As there is consensus that we as humans caused much of these, it also depends on our initiative to improve it.

 

Source: forwardermagazine.com

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