How important is transport to trade flows? How might international trade evolve and how might this affect our transport network requirements?
Background
Increasing our global impact recognises the UK’s opportunities in the world and the importance of DfT contributing effectively toward the government’s vision of a global Britain. Operating and engaging globally will play a vital role in assisting the department in maintaining and extending its influence with international partners, including ensuring high standards of transport safety, security, and environmental protection and boosting UK trade, exports, and inward investment. UK science and innovation has the potential to develop transport-related exports and inward investment, thereby helping grow and level up the economy. Our R&D around climate change mitigation and adaptation can help influence the international community to take progressively stronger action.
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Geospatial restructuring of industrial trade (GRIT): integration of secondary data to model geospatial economic responses to fuel price
During the 21st century an energy revolution must take place to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Understanding the impact this revolution will have on the cost of goods and services is a vital challenge, but be...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the question by examining the impact of changing fuel costs on the UK's economy and trade flows.
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Future Resilient Transport Networks - FUTURENET
Much current discussion about transport and climate change focuses on the impact of transport on climate change. Indeed, many mitigation measures are focussed upon the transport change, and many mitigation measures are f...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on assessing the future resilience of the UK transport system to the effects of climate change, which indirectly relates to the question of how international trade might evolve and impact transport network requirements.
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Decarbonising the UK's Freight Transport
Like energy and automotive before it, UK freight transport is now on the cusp of a socio-technical transition away from fossil fuel dependency. This transition will require major investment to fleet and infrastructure, c...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to develop knowledge and understanding of rapid freight decarbonisation, which is relevant to the question of how international trade might evolve and impact transport network requirements.