The Transport Decarbonisation Plan outlines the government’s approach to decarbonising the UK’s highest-emitting sector. It covers all domestic forms of transport including road, rail, shipping and flights, international shipping and aviation are excluded from this list.
In the Foreword of the published report the The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport states: “Transport decarbonisation is a dull way of describing something much more exciting and far-reaching, because transport is not just how you get around. It is something that fundamentally shapes our towns, our cities, our countryside, our living standards, our health, and our whole quality of life. It can shape all these things for good – or for bad.”
The Transport Decarbonisation Plan outlines the government’s approach to decarbonising the UK’s highest-emitting sector. It covers all domestic forms of transport including road, rail, shipping and flights, international shipping and aviation are excluded from this list.
The plan outlines the ban on sales of new diesel and petrol heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses and for the government’s own fleet of cars and vans to transition to electric vehicles (EVs) three years ahead of schedule. The Government pledges to move 25% of its car fleet to ultra-low emissions by December 2022 as an interim step to help reduce carbon emissions.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps heralded the new Plan as “just the start”, and each mode of transportation will need specific, tailor made decarbonisation strategies to reduce carbon emissions effectively.