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:
The Centre for Low Emission Vehicle Research (CLEVeR) is a state-of-the-art equipment upgrade to an existing facility to allow research into low and ultra-low carbon liquid fueled vehicles as well as novel electric and h...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bath
The project is focused on researching and developing technologies to reduce pollutant emissions from road vehicles, including non-exhaust emissions, under real-world driving conditions.
TranSensus LCA aims to develop a baseline for a European-wide harmonised, commonly accepted and applied single life cycle assessment (LCA) approach for a zero-emission road transport system. Such a European single LCA ap...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: RICARDO UK LIMITED
The project is relevant as it aims to develop a life cycle assessment approach for a zero-emission road transport system, which partially addresses the question about technologies to reduce emissions.
"Current methods that predict pollutant emissions by estimating the number of cars on roads are highly inaccurate. This is because the real-world emissions per vehicle cannot be trusted, as the recent VW scandal has...
Funded by: NC3Rs
Lead research organisation: TEROPTA LTD
The project aims to develop a system for real-time emissions visualization and provide emissions data to navigation and travel planner providers, which partially addresses the question about technologies to reduce pollutant emissions from road vehicles.