Greener Vision: Consultation 2024

Published on: 1st September 2024 by Claire Haigh.

2023 was the hottest year on record.  This year a record 15 national heat records have been broken so far. But our response to the climate crisis still falls far short of the scale of the challenge. How can we approach climate policy differently?  How can we prevent short-term thinking and political expediency from driving…

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Greener Vision: THE ART OF SEEING

Published on: 19th October 2023 by Claire Haigh.

This report by Claire Haigh investigates ways in which our approach to tackling the climate crisis needs to change. Building on consultations with more than 700 local leaders, businesses, academics, environmental and user groups, Greener Vision: The Art of Seeing contends that we won’t solve our most intractable problems with the same thinking that created…

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Greener Vision: Consultation 2023

Published on: 4th July 2023 by Claire Haigh.

Climate change is an existential threat which to varying extents we have become strangely accustomed to living with.  2022 was our hottest summer on record, with an unprecedented number of heat-related deaths, wildfires and infrastructure disruptions. 2023 looks set to be still worse.  But our response is not yet commensurate to the scale of the…

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Pathways to Net Zero – Delivering Net Zero Road Transport June 2023

Published on: 19th June 2023 by Claire Haigh.

This paper sets out a detailed account of the Pathways to Net Zero – Delivering Net Zero Road Transport roundtable discussion that was held on 6th June 2023. Transport is the biggest polluting sector of the UK economy.  At 90% of all domestic transport emissions in the UK, road transport is a major contributor to…

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Pathways to Net Zero: Series of Reports and Roundtable Discussions

Published on: 12th December 2022 by Claire Haigh.

Our thinking needs to change if we are to address the scale of the climate challenge.  This report by Claire Haigh summarizes the key insights and conclusions from the Pathways to Net Zero series of reports and roundtable discussions that were published and held in 2022 . The central proposition Pathways to Net Zero is…

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Pathways to Net Zero – The Future We Want

Published on: 30th November 2022 by Claire Haigh.

This paper sets out a detailed account of the Pathways to Net Zero – The Future We Want roundtable discussion that was held on 14th October 2022. Building on the first Pathways to Net Zero Series in March 2022, Pathways to Net Zero Series 2 in October 2022 sought to identify solutions to deliver emissions…

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Pathways to Net Zero – Hasta La Vista, Carbon!

Published on: 14th November 2022 by Claire Haigh.

This paper sets out a detailed account of the Pathways to Net Zero – Hasta La Vista, Carbon! roundtable discussion that was held on 10th October 2022.  Building on the first Pathways to Net Zero Series in March 2022, Pathways to Net Zero Series 2 in October 2022 sought to identify solutions to deliver emissions…

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Pathways to Net Zero: A Greener Vision

Published on: 11th September 2022 by Claire Haigh.

This report by Claire Haigh is the third of a series of Pathways to Net Zero reports focused on how we can deliver emissions reductions at the scale and pace needed.   Our climate is heating up at great speed.  Extreme weather events are intensifying.  Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise.  Meanwhile we face…

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Pathways to Net Zero: Report on a Roundtable Discussion Series

Published on: 15th June 2022 by Claire Haigh.

This report by Claire Haigh draws out the key conclusions of the Pathways to Net Zero Roundtable Discussion Series held in March-April 2022 The series is the culmination of a project that began in March 2020 with a Transport Knowledge Hub Decarbonising Transport event which set out to answer the following question: “What would be a…

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Pathways to Net Zero

Published on: 10th March 2022 by Claire Haigh.

This report by Claire Haigh outlines the main conclusions from Greener Transport Solutions research on decarbonising transport. The key message of the Manifesto for Decarbonising Transport,  published in September 2021, was that Government must turn its focus to behaviour change and demand reduction. The Foundation for Integrated Transport is providing grant funding to support Greener Transport…

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A Manifesto for Decarbonising Transport

Published on: 30th September 2021 by Claire Haigh.

A Statement by the Greener Transport Council We are a group of leading professionals in the transport and planning sectors who together support the UK Government’s commitment to decarbonising our economy while sharing a deep concern that much greater urgency and action is needed to address the challenge society faces. Our focus is upon what…

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Claire Haigh’s Monthly Column 2021

Published on: 30th September 2021 by Claire Haigh.

Claire Haigh, Founder & CEO of Greener Transport Solutions, writes a monthly column for Passenger Transport magazine. You can read in this report 2021 issues, including: 30th September 2021: How can transport achieve net zero? Today Greener Transport Solutions publishes a new report which calls for national plan to deliver real and rapid behaviour change…

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