Aviation Environment Federation Campaigning on aviation’s impacts, for people and the environment

Aircraft noise

Climate change

Air pollution

Biodiversity

Public health

Bringing aviation into line with net zero

When the UK’s Climate Change Act was first drafted, international aviation and shipping were left out of carbon budgets because questions about how to account for these emissions still hadn’t …

Challenging airport expansion

Many other UK airports meanwhile, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, had big plans for growth. Some had already submitted applications which were at various stages of the decison-making process, and …

Raising visibility of those impacted by aircraft noise

Noise levels at nearly all UK airports significantly exceed this level today, and the issue is not confined to the congested airspace over London and the South East. Each year, …

Reducing aviation’s emissions across the globe

What do we want to see? ICAO should develop and agree mid- and long-term climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement, as well as a 1.5 degree temperature goal, …

Carbon pricing on aviation must not be watered down post-Brexit, says AEF

Treasury and HMRC recently consulted on the introduction of a possible Carbon Emissions Tax in the event that the UK does not introduce its own emissions trading scheme (the Government’s …

9th October, 2020