Transport

Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

Fuel duty has been frozen for the 13th year in a row. When will the government abandon this regressive, environmentally damaging policy?

Alex Chapman

20 March 2023

Blog

The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

Drawing a downward slanting line on a piece of paper and crossing your fingers is not a ‘strategy’

Alex Chapman

28 July 2022

Blog

On a wing and a prayer

Five ways the government’s irresponsible plans for aviation are putting us all at risk

Alex Chapman

25 April 2022

Blog

Stop airport expansions

Help us support local communities fighting high-carbon expansions

Alex Chapman

22 April 2022

Coverage

Fuel price cuts in the UK will largely benefit the SUV-driving elite

Alex Chapman writes for the Guardian

Alex Chapman

22 March 2022

Press Releases

Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of the emissions clean-up costs of UK airport expansions

27 January 2022

Blog

The £62bn carbon giveaway

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of climate damage from eight ongoing airport expansion projects

Alex Chapman

27 January 2022

Blog

Up in the air

Our consumer choices, from buying less tobacco to more diesel, are shaped by government policy. What if we applied it to air travel?

Alex Chapman

12 July 2021

Publications

A Frequent Flyer Levy

Sharing aviation's carbon budget in a net-zero world

Alex Chapman, Leo Murray, Griffin Carpenter, Christiane Heisse, Lydia Prieg

10 July 2021

Press Releases

A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

A new Frequent Flier Levy would raise £5bn a year, help the UK reach its 2050 climate target, and make flying fairer

10 July 2021

Press Releases

Climate impact of airport expansions will be up to eight times worse than previously claimed

Expansion proposals from Bristol, Leeds Bradford, Southampton and Stansted airports have ignored up to £13.4bn worth of damage to the climate

21 May 2021

Publications

Turbulence expected

The climate cost of airport expansion

Alex Chapman, Marc Postle

21 May 2021

Blog

Three lessons from Bogota on making cities safer for women

We need to ensure everyone has the right to move around freely and participate in public life

Tiffany Lam

30 March 2021

Blog

The dodgy economics behind expanding our airports

Despite what airport executives say, expanding our airports won’t tackle unemployment or bring more money to the UK.

Alex Chapman

15 September 2020

Publications

Crisis support to aviation and the right to retrain

Securing jobs and skills through the Covid and climate crises

Alex Chapman, Hanna Wheatley

10 June 2020

Coverage

If the government takes a majority stake in our airlines it will put us and our climate on a path to recovery

Alex Chapman for Indy Voices

Alex Chapman

19 May 2020

Publications

Baggage claim

The regional impact of Heathrow's third runway

Alex Chapman, Emmet Kiberd, Andrew Pendleton, Brell Wilson-Morris, Marc Postle

25 February 2020

Coverage

HS2 is a solution in search of a problem

Andrew Pendleton writes for CityMetric

Andrew Pendleton

22 January 2020

All

Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

On a wing and a prayer

Stop airport expansions

Fuel price cuts in the UK will largely benefit the SUV-driving elite

Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

The £62bn carbon giveaway

Up in the air

A Frequent Flyer Levy

A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

Climate impact of airport expansions will be up to eight times worse than previously claimed

Turbulence expected

Three lessons from Bogota on making cities safer for women

The dodgy economics behind expanding our airports

Crisis support to aviation and the right to retrain

If the government takes a majority stake in our airlines it will put us and our climate on a path to recovery

Baggage claim

HS2 is a solution in search of a problem

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