Climate change is existential threat to aviation, says Heathrow executive
- Climate change has become an “existential threat to UK aviation”, Heathrow Airport’s own sustainability director has warned.
- Matthew Gorman said that rising emissions from aviation, even as other sectors are being forced to cut back, created a “very clear risk for aviation, certainly for us in the UK, and for Heathrow.
- ”It follows a new government report warning that aviation is poised to become the UK’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases by 2040 – surging from 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022 to as much as 44 million tonnes by 2040.
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- Climate change has become an “existential threat to UK aviation”, Heathrow Airport’s own sustainability director has warned.
- Matthew Gorman said that rising emissions from aviation, even as other sectors are being forced to cut back, created a “very clear risk for aviation, certainly for us in the UK, and for Heathrow.
- ”It follows a new government report warning that aviation is poised to become the UK’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases by 2040 – surging from 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022 to as much as 44 million tonnes by 2040.
Sources: Yahoo