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1. RESISTANCE TO THE EXPANSION OF VIENNA’S SCHWECHAT AIRPORT

The planned construction of a third runway is absolutely unacceptable
from a climate perspective. Increasing the number of flights would
make the greenhouse gas emissions grow immensely – putting hundreds
of hectares of land under threat of being sealed. For years, groups of
citizens have been putting effort into fighting against the increase
in aircraft noise. The third runway’s flight routes would overfly
the densely populated areas. Therefore, our climate justice movement