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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Context of researchEconomic development, increasing global linkages, and continuously declining airfares have made air travel the sector of fastest growth amongst all transportation modes. Although, on average, aviation ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project aims to build a highly modular systems model for integrated assessment of aircraft emissions, which can answer the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
Achieving the goals of climate neutrality by reducing the impact of aviation is a task that requires a carefully drafted roadmap for the development of disruptive technologies and concepts of operations. With particular ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
The project focuses on reducing the impact of aviation on local air quality and noise, but does not fully address how these impacts have evolved over time.
The mission of RefMap is to develop a digital service aimed at quantifying the environmental footprints of air mobility for airliners and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at a "multi-scale" level, where single-t...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
The project aims to quantify and minimize the environmental footprints of air mobility, but does not fully address the evolution of these impacts over time.