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The Big Give starts next week! We’ve been invited to take part in the Big Give’s ChristmasChallenge. For one week only, every penny that we raise for climate action will be doubled. This time last year, we raised a massive £14,000 in just seven days! This year, we’re going bigger than ever. Are you in? The double donation window opens on Dec 3, find out more here at wearepossible.org/donate

The Big Give starts next week! We’ve been invited to take part in the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge. For one week only, every penny that we raise for climate action will be doubled. Are you in? The double donation window opens on Dec 3, find out more at wearepossible.org/donate

With the environmental damage from the hyper-consumerism of #BlackFriday increasingly well documented, our friends at @adfreecities have examined the array of campaigns and initiatives to counter the surround-sound of advertising 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/ekrAeghU

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Setting ambitious climate goals is admirable but we need action to meet those goals, says Possible’s co-director Juliet Michaelson. A majority of people welcome that change, so why are politicians not following their lead? Read more below 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/e_xePUdW

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I'll bite. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Approve one planning application, permit Heathrow expansion, and watch £147 billion rain down on the UK economy? 🤔 Let's take a look... UK passenger throughput has increased by 60 million since 2007 (an important pivot point in the time series). Significantly more passengers than Heathrow is likely to add any time soon, but not dissimilar to expansions they have previously proposed. What did we (the UK economy) get back over the period since 2007? - Zero increase in passengers travelling for business purposes - Zero increase in jobs in air transport - Zero reduction in emissions and climate damage - Significant decline in real wages in air transport - Significant decline in the real value of the domestic tourism economy (alongside a significant rise in the tourism spending deficit) - Significant rise in high-income *leisure* frequent flyers - Significant rise in air transport business profits and dividends The figures referred to in the below blog are mostly from the Airports Commission's report in 2015. In their defence, at the time they didn't have a lot of the data I cite above. Nevertheless it is important to note that there were major concerns with aspects of the Commission's modelling methodology at the time. The final report from the DfT actually cut a lot of their work out, and re-did some of it, as a result. Best practice impact assessment has changed dramatically since the 2012-2014 analysis was conducted, particularly in the domain of greenhouse gas valuation. Understanding of the economic downsides to additional emissions has grown considerably, and DESNZ have tripled their carbon costs per tonne. Overspending carbon in one sector has *significant* downsides elsewhere in the economy. An assessment of Heathrow expansion would look very very different if repeated today. A particular area of concern is the negative impacts of air transport growth/expansion on regional economies. Expansion encourages cash to leave those areas, and that cash often doesn't come back (at least not in any productive form). Anyone interested in equitable growth/development and rebalancing should approach airport expansion with great caution. Yes, the UK economy is stagnant and needing investment. But to break the cycle we'll have to do things differently, not repeat the flawed thinking of the past two decades. Our New Economics Foundation report on the economics of air transport here: https://lnkd.in/e8jKhkp7 Our analysis on the regional downsides to Heathrow expansion here: https://lnkd.in/e97hvSvc

Road user charging would benefit, people, planet, and the economy. It’s a win-win-win, so why aren’t we getting on with it? Possible's Sustainable Transport Research & Campaign Manager, Izzy Romilly, makes the case for road user charging to LBC's Nick Ferrari. There are two problems: - The ongoing transition to electric cars and freezing fuel duty has led to a fall in revenue - We need to cut traffic rapidly to meet our climate goals How do we solve both? A progressive tax based on affordability, how many miles are being driven, and targeting the most polluting vehicles will allow us to recoup that money while also disincentivising driving.

London cabbies want to ditch diesel, but only 60% of the fleet is powered by electricity at the moment. If cabbies don’t get the support they need to switch, those drivers could be priced out of the industry. Help them by supporting our campaign and signing the petition here: https://lnkd.in/e9YDKsjk