Aviation emissions hamper green policies

The Tyndall centre for climate change research has said that emissions targets set by the UK will be nearly impossible to meet if aviation emissions continue to grow at the current rate.

It warned that by 2037, aviation emissions will be taking up the entire “emissions budget” for the UK, rendering other sectors unable to release any emissions at all if Britain is to stay within environmental limits.

Environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE), which commissioned the report, has described this potential scenario as “absurd, unjust and unachievable”.

It is calling for a three per cent reduction in emissions every year in the UK across all sectors.