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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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
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Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The SANDPIT project explores how disruptions in everyday life can lead to more permanent carbon-reducing changes, which partially addresses the question of modeling and understanding the impacts of environmental policy actions on a global level.
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Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Loughborough University