Heathrow Expansion Incompatible with UK Legal Climate Targets, Major Report Finds
Experts said aviation emissions would exceed Parliament’s carbon budget before the runway opens, with Heathrow’s capacity set to rise to 756,000 flights.
- On Tuesday, the public consultation on the Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement closed, prompting Mayor of London Lord Sadiq Khan to demand the government reject the proposed third runway over climate concerns.
- New modelling from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, commissioned by Friends of the Earth, shows UK aviation will overshoot legal carbon budgets even before a third runway is built.
- Heathrow Airport argued expansion is "critical to national growth," claiming it would unlock over 100,000 jobs and boost British trade by £150bn while providing "viable and funded solutions" for transport.
- The Back Heathrow campaign dismissed council opposition as "not representative" of residents, while a cross-party coalition continues urging Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to withdraw government support.
- Ministers will "carefully consider all responses" before setting out next steps later this year, with expansion remaining contingent on meeting strict climate and environmental obligations under Keir Starmer's government.
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Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds
There is no credible scenario in which expansion at Heathrow can go ahead without blowing a hole in the UK's legally binding climate targets, new modeling published today by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester reveals.
Heathrow expansion ‘blows hole’ in climate goals
Plans to expand Heathrow Airport with a third runway are incompatible with the UK’s legally binding climate targets, according to new analysis by climate scientists at the University of Manchester’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. The report, commissioned by environmental organisation Friends of the Earth, examines whether the proposed expansion could take place while the UK remains within its legally binding carbon budgets. It concl…
Heathrow expansion projected to generate over 108,000 jobs across UK
Heathrow Airport’s planned third runway expansion is expected to generate more than 108,000 jobs across every UK nation and region, spanning construction, engineering and apprenticeship opportunities for young people, according to the airport operator. The expansion, which Heathrow says will be entirely privately financed with no cost to taxpayers, is being positioned as a national project drawing on supply chains throughout the country. The job…
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