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 challenges articulated in this proposal are how to (1) accurately assess carbon emissions in urban areas; (2) help design and manage cities so that the carbon footprint is reduced; and (3) quantify the impact of urba...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project is relevant as it aims to develop a framework for accurate assessment and mitigation of CO2 in urban areas, which is a part of Whole Life Carbon Assessment for AI, but it does not fully establish the assessment.
Increasingly government legislation and companies are focused heavily on how they can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of emission intensive operations, the project **AI enabled carbon footprint calculator** wil...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CONNECTED SAFETY NET LIMITED
The project specifically addresses the establishment of a Whole Life Carbon Assessment for AI through an AI-enabled carbon footprint calculator.
Spinview UK Limited (RAIV), led by Tori Harvey and Daniel Rahamim, is a UK geospatial AI computing SME working on RAIV (Rail emissions and Asset Infrastructure Viewer). Infrastructure use causes 30% of UK emissions, and ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: SPINVIEW GLOBAL LIMITED
The project partially answers the question as it focuses on reducing emissions in the transport sector, but does not specifically address how to establish a Whole Life Carbon Assessment for AI. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.