How E-bikes can help drastically reduce carbon emissions
New publication: ‘E-bikes and their capability to reduce car CO2 emissions’ Authors: Ian Philips, Jillian Anable, Tim Chatterton In July 2020 the UK government published …
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Real zero in a hurry: a UK transport policy maker’s guide to climate action
by Greg Marsden and Richard Walker This post originally appeared on Policy Leeds Previously in this blog series for COP26, Paul Chatterton laid down the challenge …
Feeling the climate emergency: what Covid has taught us about facing up to necessity
by Richard Walker This post originally appeared on Policy Leeds “It’s a chilling moment” — Richard Walker, on secondment from the Department for Transport to …
Life course and changing travel patterns
by Greg Marsden Drive Less? Who? Me? As local and national transport authorities work through the task of what decarbonising transport in line with the …
Decarbonisation Island Discs: a playlist critique of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan
by Greg Marsden I was really pleased to see the Transport Decarbonisation Plan released on Wednesday 14th July. In 2008 the UK government set out …
Six ways for Government to make a serious shift to net-zero transport
By Jillian Anable and Greg Marsden This post originally appeared on CREDS This week the Department for Transport (DfT) is expected to publish its long-awaited Transport …
DecarboN8 funds five new research projects
Five fantastic new research projects have been awarded funding via our recent EPSRC DecarboN8 Network Plus seedcorn funding call and sandpit. Applicants worked with partners …
Work from home if you can: the carbon impact of reduced commuter journeys in different places in the UK
by Kadambari Lokesh Commuter journeys make up 15% of all journeys in the UK, the second-highest, next to shopping. DecarboN8’s ‘COVID-19 and travel patterns’ research …
New video: Will electric cars stop the climate emergency?
To celebrate Earth Day we are launching a short video which asks, ‘Will electric cars stop the climate emergency?’ DecarboN8 researchers recently posted a series …
“Is this new road OK? It’s only a bit more carbon…” A guide to carbon budgets and new infrastructure development
By Professor Greg Marsden The choices are simple, it’s the answers that some organisations don’t like. This article is a very short and simple guide …