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MPs call for curbs on flying if no progress is made on emissions by 2025

Government
Gary Noakes
21 December 2023

The government should consider potential curbs on flying if progress in cutting emissions is not made by 2025, an influential group of MPs has said.

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

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

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) noted the government was “not considering active demand management to have any role in reducing aviation emissions” as part of its Jet Zero Strategy, which aims for the industry to be net zero by 2050.

It added: “The committee calls on the government to review progress against its Jet Zero Strategy by the end of 2025, and if current policies are not cutting emissions swiftly enough, that ministers reconsider the role of demand management.”