All Parts Of The UK Must Work Together To Deliver Greener And Healthier Places To Live, Says New 'Decarbonising Transport' Report.

• Published date: 08 March 2023
• Law Firm: Gowling WLG
• Author: Mr Giles Clifford

Creating healthier, quieter places with cleaner air and generating new, green jobs are pressing issues across the UK. As the largest contributor to UK domestic Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and major source of air pollution, the transport sector must decarbonise. The why is simple, but the 'how' has been less clear.

The new 'Decarbonising transport, let's get moving together' report brings recommendations on how to re-think travel demand, re-mode away from cars, and re-power transport away from fossil-fuels.

Decarbonisation is not just some technocratic process. It is how we make sure that transport shapes the country and the economy in ways that are good. It's about a second, green, industrial revolution, creating hundreds of thousands of new, skilled jobs, in some of the proud towns and cities that were the cradle of the first one. It's not about stopping people doing things: it's about doing the same things differently.

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