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Gatwick Airport Northern Runway
Representation by Matthew Allcock
- Date submitted
- 8 November 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Uk should be committed to making London net zero by 2030 and reducing air pollution. The aviation sector needs to play a part in this and not undermine our efforts to achieve this goal. I fail to see how any airport expansion can be justified if it is incompatible with tackling the climate crisis and achieving our net zero targets and providing a liveable future for our children. The additional cost of emissions from expansion projected to be £13bn. The primary function of Gatwick is to send British tourists overseas, encouraging them to spend money abroad. When you consider how much carbon emissions are going to cost us in the future, the economics of ballooning air travel don’t stack up.