Although the threat of the U.K.'s exit from the European Union is already expected to have a significant impact on the U.K. energy sector, the chaos of the last three months has provided further clarify on the potential and devastating impact of Brexit.

The issue of the ecological footprint of food waste is back in the limelight. A highly compromised system?

As the baton passes from Jean-Claude Juncker to Ursula Von der Leyen at least part of the "Energy Union", the ambitious energy and climate strategy set up by the former Commission president, seems to have been abandoned.

The vast majority of people with no access to electrical services and clean cooking technologies on a global scale is concentrated in the African continent, where access to energy is one of the great existential challenges for progress.