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Representation by Rosanna Pearson

Date submitted
19 November 2023
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

I am opposed to this application on many grounds, but most especially because it would bust the carbon budget that we have left. There are currently no proven technologies for reducing aviation emissions at scale. The United Nations has recently said that we all need to bring our net zero goals forward by 10 years, because the earth is heating up faster than expected. The idea that "aviation will grow" ignores the fact that, as the urgency of the climate crisis becomes increasingly undeniable, people will fly less, both because of their own concerns, and because it is quite likely that government will have to discourage high carbon lifestyles by fiscal means.