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Judicial review of govt’s Jet Zero strategy to progress to court hearing

Government
Ilaria Grasso Macola
29 March 2023

A judicial review of the UK aviation industry’s proposed journey to net zero has taken a major step forward, with a date for a hearing set to be announced soon.

MPs think more may need to be done to curb emissions (Pic: Unsplash)

Aviation accounts for 7% of the UK's total emissions

Climate charity Possible and campaigners from the Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) are challenging the government’s Jet Zero Strategy, claiming it will fail to sufficiently reduce the sector’s environmental impact by 2050.

Published in July 2022, the government’s Jet Zero strategy aims to decarbonise aviation by 2050 by improving the sector’s efficiency and accelerating the uptake of sustainable aviation fuels and zero-emission flights.