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Removing Dublin Airport's 32 million passenger limit could increase annual emissions by up to 4 million tonnes, a new Opportunity Green report claims. The expansion threatens Ireland's climate leadership and could push emissions higher as the airport targets 40 million passengers and beyond.
An aircraft taking off from the north runway at Dublin Airport. Carbon emissions from the airport are set to surge, after the de facto removal of the 32 million passenger cap, according to a new report.
Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins DublinEmissions from the hub will increase by about 4 million tonnes if Dublin Airport’s capacity rises to the 40 million passengers per year its management are targeting, according to a new report from Opportunity Green, an environmental group. The airport accounts for about 88 per cent of emissions from aircraft leaving Ireland, it added.
“Ireland cannot credibly claim climate leadership while simultaneously planning for continued growth in aviation emissions,” Sorcha Tunney of Opportunity Green Ireland said in a statement. “At precisely the moment Dublin Airport is facing running out of carbon budget, the Government is removing one of the only effective brakes on its expansion by lifting the passenger cap.
” The report underlines the environmental consequences of dropping the passenger cap, which had limited passenger numbers at Dublin Airport to 32 million per year. The Government has passed legislation to remove the cap, which had been imposed byKevin Warsh under pressure before Fed rate decisionThe legislation gives the Minister for Transport the power to impose a cap in the future, which is seen as highly unlikely given the importance of air transport to the Irish economy in terms of tourism and foreign direct investment.
The report found Dublin Airport to be one of worst performers among the 20 biggest airports in Europe when it came to comparing expansion plans against a carbon budget that would prevent average temperatures rising by 1.7 degrees. If the cap were to be increased ultimately to 60 million passengers per year, that would add about 14 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year, according to the report.said it would allow as many as 28 more takeoffs and landings at Dublin Airport every day between March 28th and the end of October next year as part of its summer season slot allocation plans.
In its decision, which allows carriers to plan their schedules for the time ahead, the regulator said it would not take into account the passenger cap at Dublin Airport as theAirlines and businesses had all lobbied for the removal of the cap once it became clear passenger numbers at the airport were set to exceed the legal capacity in recent years. Seven gardaí dismissed from their posts so far this yearRap singer Macklemore says he has been removed from tour with Ed Sheeran after Gaza comment
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