https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/04/count-international-flights-from-uk-in-emissions-targets-urges-thinktank?t
Transport and Environment says airline industry bailout should have green conditions attached
A passenger plane taking off from Heathrow airport. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
International flights taking off from the UK must be taken into account in the government’s calculations on reaching net zero emissions as part of a “green” recovery for the airline industry, a transport thinktank has urged.
+included in net zero calculations – at present they are not counted at all – but the government has yet to respond to the committee’s letter.
“The government should ensure international aviation and shipping emissions are including within the net zero target,” said Greg Archer, the UK director of Transport and Environment. “The aviation industry is currently relying on buying cheap, unreliable offsets for its emissions. This is no solution to avoiding a climate catastrophe.”
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