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Giant flying health warning: climate change kills
7 March 2008
Photocall: Giant ‘climate change kills’ inflatable plane will be flying above Trafalgar Square on Wednesday 19 March from 11.00am – 1.30pm.
© Jess Hurd / WDM
Campaigners from the World Development Movement will be raising awareness of the dangers that flying causes to the planet and demanding that the government’s climate change law includes emissions from aviation in its reduction targets.
The World Development Movement warns that if aviation is left out of the climate change bill currently going through parliament, the government’s strong rhetoric on beating climate change will be seriously undermined.
Benedict Southworth, director of the World Development Movement said:
“The government is contradicting itself on climate change. They want to ignore the increase in flying while spending millions on asking people to turn off their lights and to say no to plastic bags. Their policy doesn’t add up. The government should stop tinkering at the edges of climate policy and act now to stop the climate killer flights.”
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For more information call:
Kate Blagojevic
Press officer, World Development Movement
0207 820 4900/4913, 07711 875 345, Email:
Notes to editors
- The World Development Movement is campaigning on climate change because the poorest people in the world will be hit first and worst by the devastating effects of dangerous climate change.
- The World Development Movement is part of I Count, the campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition which brings together over 70 organisations, from environment, development charities to unions, faith and women's groups.
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