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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Climate activists target private jet airports and demand ban at Cop27

Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion at Farnborough airport.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion at Farnborough airport. Photograph: @XrSouthEastUK/Twitter

Climate activists have blocked entrances to two of the UK’s premier private jet airports as part of a global wave of action against private aviation timed to coincide with Cop27.

The activists, from Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion, staged blockades at Farnborough airport, in Hampshire, and London Luton airport’s Harrods terminal on Thursday morning.

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