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 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
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The DecarboN8 project aims to develop solutions for decarbonising transport, including addressing the carbon impacts of different options and understanding the regulatory environment, which aligns with the question's focus on emissions savings and managing technical concerns and safety risks.
The rapid urbanisation and increase in vehicle use in East Asia has created substantial environmental and social problems. In the UK, urban transport systems face similar issues, but generally at a smaller scale and at a...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The LC TRANSFORMS project focuses on planning and deploying low carbon fleets and developing operational business models, which partially addresses the question's focus on potential market and benefits of longer and heavier vehicles, but may require additional work to fully answer the question.
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 could include longer and heavier vehicles, but it does not directly address the potential market, benefits, technical concerns, and safety risks of such vehicles.