Climate change and cheap flights

Madam, - John Gibbons (July 15th) says that warnings about climate change come from "the overwhelming majority of the world'…

Madam, - John Gibbons (July 15th) says that warnings about climate change come from "the overwhelming majority of the world's climate scientists. The evidence is there for anyone to read."

Well, it is clear Mr Gibbons has not read the evidence when he repeats the tired old phrase that aviation is the world's "fastest rising contributor to emissions". It is not. May we recommend he read the authoritative view on the subject from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? The IPCC states quite clearly in its latest 2007 report: "The fastest emissions growth rate is in power generation - at 2.0 per cent per year - followed by transport at 1.7 per cent per year. The industry sector grows at 1.6 per per year, the residential/commercial sector at 1 per cent per year and international marine and aviation emissions at 0.7 per cent per year."

- Yours, etc,

ANGELA GITTENS, Director General, Airports Council International, Geneva, Switzerland.