Environmental group Friends of the Earth – which challenged the third runway plan– said that expansion is still “far from certain”, while rival expansion bidder Heathrow Hub maintains that the cost of the third runway remains prohibitive.
Although the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Paris Agreement was in fact adequately considered, Friends of the Earth head of legal Will Rundle emphasised that the judgement is “no ‘green light’ for expansion”.
He added: “It makes clear that full climate considerations remain to be addressed and resolved at the planning stage. Heathrow expansion remains very far from certain and we now look forward to stopping the third runway in the planning arena.”