Airlines missing all but one target on climate change, says new report
Campaigners say people who fly more should pay more because of the damage to the planetThe aviation industry sets its own goals for cutting its environmental footprint.
"Companies set grand-sounding targets with a lot of fanfare and announcement. They talk about them for a couple of years - then the targets sink without trace, never to be seen again," Leo Murray from Possible told BBC News.
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