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Representation by Ryder Marsden

Date submitted
26 October 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

The expansion of Gatwick Airport will increase UK aviation carbon emissions contrary to the Climate Change Act 2008. In its July 2023 report, the UK Committee on Climate Change stated: No airport expansions should proceed until a UK-wide capacity management framework is in place to annually assess and, if required, control sector GHG emissions and non-CO2 effects (recommendation R2023-037). This proposal should therefore be refused until such a framework is in place, otherwise our Net Zero target will be at risk.