Key UK airports together with London Gatwick (LGW/EGLL) and Leeds Bradford (LBA/EGNM) are among the many 314 European airports which have disclosed their roadmaps to Web-Zero by 2026 underneath the Airports Council Worldwide (ACI) Europe net-aero decision.
Airports making up the 314 disclosed come from 36 international locations and embody roadmaps which might be much more formidable than 2050 with 122 of them aiming for net-zero by 2030.
Different UK airports which have disclosed embody Ports of Jersey, which manages Channel Islands Airports, London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL), London Metropolis Airport (LCY/EGLC), Newcastle (NCL/EGNT), Birmingham (BHX/EGBB), Farnborough (FAB/EGLF) and AGS Airports – which manages Glasgow, Southampton and Aberdeen.
Olivier Jankovec, Director Common of ACI EUROPE mentioned: “Reaffirming our dedication to internet zero and making tangible progress in direction of supply is extra necessary than ever — contemplating the newest scientific warnings over local weather change and the push again in opposition to local weather motion in some quarters. Europe’s airports are very clear that it is a non‑negotiable crucial that instructions our license not simply to develop however to maintain working. In all of that, transparency is essential — and this rising physique of public roadmaps demonstrates our sector’s readiness to behave and be held accountable.”
The ACI Europe net-zero decision was first handed in 2019 and is reviewed on an annual foundation and new airports signal as much as the decision yearly. 2023 noticed the change that required airports to reveal their roadmaps to net-zero.
All of the roadmaps can be found to obtain and browse right here
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Nick is the senior reporter and editor at UK Aviation Information in addition to working freelance elsewhere. He has his finger firmly on the heartbeat on Aviation, not solely within the UK however worldwide. Nick has been requested to talk in an expert capability on LBC, Coronary heart and different broadcast networks.
