Thread by @JolyonMaugham

"Failing to act will result in natural catastrophes and changing weather patterns, as well as significant economic damage, supply chain disruption and displacement of populations": @AlokSharma_RDG crowdjustice.com/case/heathrowh…

Earlier this year, @GoodLawProject brought litigation to force Government to review its planning policy in relation to Energy infrastructure because that policy predated its June 2019 NetZero 2050 commitment.

Earlier this month Government conceded. goodlawproject.org/update/victory…

We believe there is a similar challenge to be brought in relation to Heathrow Airport expansion. The reasoning of the Supreme Court earlier this week is explicitly confined to the state of the world as it existed in June 2018 - before the NetZero target.

We have instructed the extraordinary Phillippa Kaufmann QC to lead Alex Goodman (aka @workofanhour, who acted for us in our successful Energy planning challenge) and @HausfeldGlobal. Our legal team is acting either at heavily discounted rates or pro bono.

@AlokSharma_RDG said: "The UK has set a world–leading net zero target, the first major economy to do so, but simply setting the target is not enough – we need to achieve it."

We mean to hold his Government to those words. Climate pledges cannot be a lie we tell our children.

You can, as always, read the detailed argument, which follows that in our successful Energy infrastructure challenge, in the letter we have sent to the Secretary of State which is linked to in the crowdfunding page at the top of this thread.