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Work from home if you can: the carbon impact of reduced commuter journeys in different places in the UK

30 August 202327 April 2021

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 …

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Categories Place-based, Travel demand

New video: Will electric cars stop the climate emergency?

22 February 202322 April 2021

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 …

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Categories Electrification, ICE phase out
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“Is this new road OK? It’s only a bit more carbon…” A guide to carbon budgets and new infrastructure development

4 April 202314 April 2021

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 …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Place-based, Planning and policy
14% fewer trips if people continue working from home 2 days a week

Stick, Twist or Fold? Reflections on a year of Covid-19 travel adaptations

4 April 202324 March 2021

by Professor Greg Marsden It feels long overdue to get out and meet friends, to hug family members and to go and see what state …

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Categories Travel demand
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Greening the EV Transition

4 April 20232 December 2020

By Professor Greg Marsden This post originally appeared in Transport Times The end of the sale of internal combustion engine cars has been brought forward …

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Categories Electrification, ICE phase out
traffic jam

Moving EVs beyond automobility culture

4 April 20231 December 2020

By Professor Monika Büscher and Dr Nicola Spurling Electric Vehicles (EVs) which mimic the current car-based system, are not the answer to the epochal challenge of decarbonising …

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Categories Electrification, ICE phase out, Societal readiness
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Smart charging needed to support phase out of petrol and diesel cars

4 April 20231 December 2020

By Professor Hongjian Sun On UK roads in 2019, cars and vans were driven 333.7 billion miles[i] by burning petrol and diesel. This distance is …

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Categories Electrification, ICE phase out
traffic jam in Ipswitch

THE SOLUTION IS THE PROBLEM: a response to the UK Prime Minister’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030

4 April 202325 November 2020

By Kevin Anderson & Dan Calverley This post originally appeared in The Ecologist The Prime Minister this week announced a ‘10-point plan’ for a ‘green …

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Categories Carbon ambition, Electrification, ICE phase out

Government meets with top scientists to discuss net-zero options for UK transport

22 February 202330 September 2020

[Press Release: 30 September 2020] Officials responsible for decarbonising UK transport met with leading researchers from the Cut Carbon Network yesterday, to discuss cutting-edge evidence …

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From motorway city to active travel city

22 February 202318 August 2020

By Paul Chatterton This post originally appeared in Medium Some reflections on how to build a safe, sustainable future In this article I reflect on …

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Categories Active travel, Place-based, Planning and policy
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