Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers

<p>Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions </p><p>Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the government’s climate advisers have said.</p><p>Building a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/27/heathrow-expansion-would-take-jobs-from-other-uk-regions-third-runway">third runway and new terminals</a>, as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/11/heathrow-expansion-not-europe-busiest-airport-istanbul">some in government want to do</a>, would breach the UK’s carbon budgets and make reaching net zero by 2050 impossible, on current policies, according to <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/advice-to-the-uk-government-on-proposed-heathrow-airport-expansion/">the Climate Change Committee</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/heathrow-airport-should-pay-co2-removal-expand-climate-advisers">Continue reading...</a>