Frankfurt, Heathrow, Schiphol: Climate activists plan days of actions at European airports

Campaigners are making a noise ahead of a meeting with France’s transport minister about flight caps on Friday. Activists are kicking off two days of action at Europe’s biggest airports today, demanding a limit to the number of climate-wrecking flights. A coalition of 25 organisations - including local residents associations and climate groups - are targeting airports across France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK. They are calling for flights to be capped below 2019 levels, in line with the historic decision taken at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. “We, the victims of airport nuisance and present and future victims of global warming, call on our governments and on Europe to follow the necessary path opened up by the Netherlands by finally taking concrete measures,” they said in a statement. These measures involve “limiting and reducing the number of flights while ensuring that noise, air pollution and CO2 emissions are also brought down - and generalising curfews at airports, aerodromes and heliports.”<br/>