Environmental activists gathered outside the Supreme Court, after Heathrow Airport won a Supreme Court challenge over the Government's decision to give the go-ahead for a third runway.

Three leading judges concluded in February that former transport secretary Chris Grayling failed to take account of the Government's commitments to tackling climate change when setting out support for the project in an Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS).

Lords Justice Lindblom, Singh and Haddon-Cave said the ANPS was unlawful because Mr Grayling failed to take account of the Government's commitment to the Paris Agreement - which commits signatories to tackling climate change by taking measures to limit global warming to well below 2C.

Read more about the ruling: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/16/heathrow-airport-third-runway-can-go-ahead-supreme-court-rules/

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