Letter

NGO letter to Austrian authorities: block expansion of Vienna airport

April 20, 2017

30 NGOs, from Austria and beyond, call on the Austrian authorities to respect a court ruling which blocked the planned expansion of Vienna Airport on the basis that it would violate Austria’s domestic and international climate commitments. Aviation is the most carbon intensive modes of transport, and its continued growth

30 NGOs, from Austria and beyond, call on the Austrian authorities to respect a court ruling which blocked the planned expansion of Vienna Airport on the basis that it would violate Austria’s domestic and international climate commitments. Aviation is the most carbon intensive modes of transport, and its continued growth undermines efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement

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