Expansion Rebellion - Using the Law to Fight a Runway and Save the Planet

This is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. For many people concerned about global warming, the 2018 vote by UK parliamentarians to proceed with the plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport was a devastating blow. Aviation was predicted to make up some 25% of the UKs carbon emissions by 2050 and so the decision seemed to fly in the face of the UKs commitment to be a climate leader.Can the UK expand Heathrow airport, bringing in 700 extra planes a day, and still stay within ambitious carbon budgets? One legal case sought to answer this question. Campaigning lawyers argued that plans for a third runway at one of the worlds busiest airports would jeopardise the UKs ability to meet its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. This book traces the dramatic story of how the case was prepared - and why international aviation has for so long avoided meaningful limits on its expansion.

List of contents

Introduction1 Building the UKs climate change framework2 The Masterplan: Heathrows third runway3 Paris day in court4 What are your influences?ConclusionReferencesIndex

Summary

This is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. Can the UK expand Heathrow airport, bringing in 700 extra planes a day, and still stay within ambitious carbon budgets? One legal case sought to answer this question. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Celeste Hicks, Hicks Celeste
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781526162359
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6235-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Airports, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Litigation, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Transport industries, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution