Rowing Backwards: The New Politics of Decarbonisation
by Greg Marsden In this short blog I reflect on what Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement on Wednesday really means for decarbonisation policy in transport. …
Carbon ambition
Reverse gear: The reality and implications of national transport emission reduction policies
New analysis has shown that Department for Transport has quietly rolled back its ambition to introduce cleaner, more efficient road travel. Transport is the UK’s …
Freeports and the Net Zero Review
The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has commissioned a review of the government’s approach to delivering on its promise to deliver …
Our FOI request has been appealed by DfT: here’s why that matters
by Greg Marsden In March 2022 I submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department for Transport, asking to see the assumptions about …
Behaviour change or system change? How climate action is getting fudged
by Noel Cass Dr. Noel Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour at University of Leeds ITS, shares his insights on the eternal debate about …
Better, Fairer, Cleaner – The Transport Decarbonisation Plan v2.0
by Greg Marsden This is the imaginary foreword to a Transport Decarbonisation Plan which addresses how we really get to zero emissions in a hurry. …
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 …
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 …
Election 2021: How local authorities can decarbonise transport and support a green recovery
Elections took place across the UK on Thursday 6th May. The policies supported by those elected will be key in determining whether the UK delivers …