What local transport interventions are the most cost effective in reducing carbon?
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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Blaenau Gwent Net Zero Transport
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council declared a climate emergency and adopted a Decarbonisation Plan in September 2020\. In March 2021, Blaenau Gwent held one of the first climate assemblies in Wales. It brought together...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on exploring barriers to the integration of the transport system and transitioning to Net Zero, aligning with the question's goal of identifying cost-effective local transport interventions to reduce carbon.
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DecarboN8 - An integrated network to decarbonise transport
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018 highlighted the need for urgent, transformative change, on an unprecedented scale, if global warming is to be restricted to 1.5C. The challenge...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The DecarboN8 project aims to develop solutions for rapid decarbonisation of transport, which directly addresses the question of reducing carbon emissions in local transport interventions.
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Global Centers Track 1: CLEETS - CLean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions
Transport energy demand accounts for 24% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, the single largest sector, more than energy supply, business or residential. 90% of these transport emissions are from road transport: 52% f...
Funded by: ISPF
Why might this be relevant?
While the project addresses clean energy solutions and decarbonization, it does not specifically focus on local transport interventions as requested in the question.