Call for evidence outcome

2040 zero emissions airport target

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 February 2023
• Last updated: 3 May 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

The summary of responses and government response to this call for evidence will be published in due course.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

Call for evidence to design a policy for zero emissions airports in England.

This call for evidence ran from
12:15am on 7 February 2023 to 11:45pm on 5 May 2023

Call for evidence description

Our ambition is for airport operations in England to be zero emission by 2040. We are gathering information to help design the policy to reach this target.

We are using this call for evidence to gather feedback on the:

• definition of airport operations
• emissions sources that should be included within the target

We want to better understand:

• to which entities the target should apply
• the type and size of airport the target should be applied to
• potential regulatory or voluntary approaches that could be used to implement the target
• how the proposed target could be aligned with current schemes, such as the Airports Council International Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme
• the barriers and opportunities which may exist in implementing the target, including commercial feasibility
• what the appropriate measuring and reporting processes should be

Please read the call for evidence document on this page and answer the questions to give us your views.

Documents

2040 zero emissions airport target

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Published 7 February 2023
Last updated 3 May 2023 + show all updates

1. 3 May 2023

   Consultation closing date extended until Friday 5 May to allow stakeholders to finalise responses after the bank holiday.

2. 7 February 2023

   First published.