The Green Alliance has outlined policies to enable the transport industry to drastically reduce its climate impact.
In its new report, Mind the gap: Cutting UK transport’s climate impact, the think tank says that decarbonising UK transport is possible but requires “concerted effort across all modes of transport”.
In the UK, transport is responsible for around a third of greenhouse gas emissions. While steps are being taken to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, the Green Alliance argues that policy is still falling short of what’s needed to meet the UK’s climate commitments.
For instance, the report calls on government to deliver on its promises to cut the emissions of high-polluting vehicles such as heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and coaches.
In its analysis, the Green Alliance estimates that current policies will result in 97Mt CO2e excess emissions between 2028 and 2032 – equivalent to a full year’s worth of emissions from all the cars, taxis, lorries and vans on UK roads today...