The reducing environmental impacts strategic priority is in recognition that there is an environmental aspect to all transport, and therefore almost all the work of DfT. Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gases in the UK, contributing 27% of domestic emissions in 2019. Our transport system must change to deliver the government’s Net Zero ambition and DfT will drive forwards that change through our longer-term green transport agenda. On decarbonisation specifically, we published our Transport decarbonisation plan (TDP) in July 2021, which sets out the steps we will take to deliver the necessary carbon reductions across every form of transport. Sustainability will be at the heart of levelling-up. People everywhere will feel the benefits – villages, towns, cities, and countryside will be cleaner, greener, healthier and more prosperous and pleasant environments in which to live and work
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Airspace Unlimited has been established to innovate in how airspace is shared between military and civil users. Increasingly this is managed through a concept of the 'flexible use of airspace'. The more flexibility that ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: AIRSPACE UNLIMITED SCOTLAND LTD
The project aims to reduce aviation greenhouse gas emissions through optimization of flight trajectories and military airspace reservations, potentially saving 2Mt of CO2 a year in Europe.
Based at Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands, the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) is the UK's first low-carbon aviation test centre embedded at a commercial airport. SATE brings together an international...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AIRPORTS LIMITED
The project focuses on creating a low-carbon aviation test center and improving regional connectivity, which partially addresses the question of developing a more detailed understanding of the benefits of modernizing UK airspace.
AgiLe Integrated Airspace System (ALIAS) is an innovative and ambitious project that brings together eight highly motivated technology companies to demonstrate a scalable and cohesive airspace system for the future. This...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: VOLANT AUTONOMY LIMITED
The project aims to demonstrate a scalable airspace system that incorporates drones, air taxis, and manned aircraft, which partially addresses the question of developing a more detailed understanding of the benefits of modernizing UK airspace.