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:
Achieving zero emissions from maritime transportation over the coming years and decades will require research, development, demonstration, and deployment at a massive scale. This requires enabling policies that incentivi...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: PORT OF TYNE AUTHORITY
The project aims to establish a green shipping corridor in the UK and accelerate the uptake of green shipping, which directly addresses the question about clean maritime growth opportunities and the expected growth for green shipping in the UK.
Along the well-to-wake value chain from upstream processes associated with fuels production and supply, components manufacture, and ships construction to the operation of ports and vessels, the UK domestic and internatio...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Durham University
The project specifically addresses clean maritime growth opportunities in the UK, including economic and environmental implications, aligning with the question's focus.
It is estimated that shipping accounts for 3.3% of CO2 emissions in the world. With the need to reduce overall CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050 to mitigate global warming then shipping must cut its emissions. The importance ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project focuses on understanding the shipping industry and its sensitivities, which partially addresses the question about clean maritime growth opportunities and the environmental and economic implications of green shipping in the UK.