KEEP FUEL AND ENERGY PRICES HIGH BUT BRING IN UNIVERSAL CARBON ALLOWANCE

Published on: 15th June 2022 by Greener Transport Solutions.

Cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for first time Inflation is set to hit 14% for poorest households Global GHG emissions must reduce by 43% by 2030 to avoid climate catastrophe. Higher income households consume three times more carbon than lower income households Reducing energy demand could deliver up…

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RETHINK NEEDED: TECHNOLOGY ALONE INSUFFICIENT TO TACKLE CLIMATE CRISIS

Published on: 10th March 2022 by Greener Transport Solutions.

Reduce car kms in the UK by a quarter to stay on track for net zero Average price of petrol hits above £1.55 per litre for first time Half the world’s population highly vulnerable to climate change impacts Global CO2 emissions linked to energy climbed 6 per cent last year Transport accounts for 37% of…

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NEW RESEARCH SHOWS SEISMIC SHIFT NEEDED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

Published on: 31st March 2021 by Greener Transport Solutions.

Transport is our biggest polluting sector, with 90% of transport emissions caused by road transport. Just 1% of the UK’s 32.9 million car fleet is ultra low emission. Nearly two thirds of future emissions reductions will rely on behaviour change.     Achieving net zero is a colossal challenge and significantly more challenging than government’s previous target…

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