Category Archives: Climate

Climate, Key Issues, UECNA

New study: Expansion plans break European airports’ carbon limits.

Posted on by John Stewart
16
Sep

A new study from T&E has found expansion plans break European airports’ carbon limits. It recommends Governments should halt or refuse airport expansions where they exceed fair-share carbon budgets and an end aviation’s tax exemptions and manage demand: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/overshoot-how-expansion-plans-break-european-airports-carbon-limits

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Campaigning, Climate, Going to court, Politics, Protest

Barcelona Airport Struggle: Decades of building broad alliances

Posted on by Admin3342
01
Jul

The decades-old conflict around El Prat airport and the destruction of the Llobregat Delta is one of Europe’s most important environmental justice struggles. The conflict entered a new stage, with airport expansion plans being put back on the table in June 2025. An article by Franziska Schmidt, with input and feedback from Ariadna Cotén, Zeroport. […]

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Campaigning, Capping flights, Climate, Emissions, Noise & Health, Stop Runways, Weblog, Your action

Third attempt to build Heathrow Third Runway

Posted on by Admin3342
04
Feb

Heathrow Airport will try for the third time to get permission to build a Third Runway. It is expected to submit an application in the summer after the Government said this week that it would support a new runway in principle. Plans for a third runway were first put forward in 2003. After one of […]

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Climate, Noise, UECNA

Useful Stats in European Aviation Environmental Report 2025

Posted on by Admin3342
17
Jan

At 98 major European airports in 2023, 3.4 million exposed to Lden 55 dB aircraft noise levels (excl. UK & Heathrow). EASA estimates numbers will only fall if no new runways are built, planes become quieter & growth is moderate. The report also covers emissions and pollution. Executive Summary As expected, this decade is proving […]

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Climate, Emissions

Airlines must monitor vapour trails under new EU climate rules

Posted on by Admin3342
13
Nov

Airlines operating flights from European airports will soon have to report the estimated climate impact of vapour trails from jet engines to the European Commission, as well as the amount of carbon dioxide they emit annually. The airline industry had lobbied hard against the new rules — adopted by government delegates behind closed doors on […]

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Climate, Stop Runways

‘No further expansion of freight airport Leipzig/Halle’

Posted on by Admin3342
01
Feb

German petition The planned expansion of the DHL cargo flight center at Leipzig-Halle Airport is expected to lead to an increase in CO2 emissions from the current approx. 6.2 million tons to approx. 10 million tons. Citizens’ initiative ‘Against the new flight route’ protests against this and refers to situations at other European airports. This […]

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Climate, Economics, Taxes

Aviation industry in UK will only pay for 16% of their climate damage

Posted on by Admin3342
28
Jan

In allowing airports around the country to expand, the government is letting the aviation industry off the hook for £62bn of damage to the climate, analysis out today from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) finds. The analysis calculates that the aviation industry will only pay for 16% of the emissions clean-up costs of the eight […]

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Campaigning, Climate, Your action

Climate activists blocked truck access to DHL freight airport

Posted on by Admin3342
10
Jul

July 9, 2021, Schkeuditz. Climate justice activists blocked truck access to the German DHL freight airport Leipzig/Halle for two hours on the night of Friday 9 to Saturday 10 July. They were arrested by the police after a spontaneous demonstration around midnight and taken into custody. With the action, the activists oppose the expansion plans […]

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Campaigning, Climate, Noise & Health, Your action

German federal association calls for CO2 labels for air travel

Posted on by Admin3342
08
Jul

Responsible use of our environment presupposes that people are informed about the important effects of their actions in advance of their decisions. This also applies to the choice of a means of transport, both for vacation and business trips. At the latest with the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the specification of climate […]

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Climate, Hubs

Germany: DB and air traffic agree on action plan for cooperation and climate protection

Posted on by Admin3342
16
Apr

Interaction between the modes of transport should be improved Potential to attract around 4.3 million air travellers within Germany for the rail in the medium term Transport sector reduces CO2 emissions The Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are launching a joint action plan to strengthen the networking of […]

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