How can we develop a more detailed understanding of the benefits that modernising UK airspace will bring, including carbon reductions, noise impacts, reduced delays, increased resilience, and increased capacity to allow for growth?
Background
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
Next steps
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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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AirOpt - optimisation of airspace to save 2MT CO2 a year
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on optimizing airspace to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon reductions, which directly addresses the question.
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Sustainable Aviation Test Environment 2
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project establishes a low-carbon aviation test center to demonstrate sustainable aviation technology, directly addressing the question.
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AgiLe Integrated Airspace System (ALIAS)
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on integrating drones, air taxis, and manned aircraft in a scalable airspace system, which partially addresses the question by considering economic, social, and environmental benefits.