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Be the change you wish to see

Published on: 14th May 2025 by Claire Haigh.

The global average temperature continues its relentless rise. Global warming reached 1.58°C in the 12 months to the end of April 2025. UN Climate Change Chief Simon Stiell has warned that the world is on a trajectory to 3°C[i]. But at a very time that the world needs to step up efforts to tackle the…

The Pillars of Unity

Published on: 14th May 2025 by Claire Haigh.

Greener Vision is holding a series of discussions to explore how to develop a response to the climate crisis commensurate to the scale of challenge. ‘The Pillars of Unity’ series will build on the key conclusions from Greener Vision: Pathways to Net Zero and explore how we might embrace more holistic thinking and develop an…

Pathways to Net Zero

Published on: 12th May 2025 by Claire Haigh.

Transport is the fastest growing source of global greenhouse GHG emissions and the UK’s biggest polluting sector. Emissions from road transport – 95% of the UK’s transport total – have hardly changed since 1990. Vehicles efficiency gains have been largely offset by larger vehicles and rising demand. According to the Climate Change Committee, the annual…

Greener Vision: Consultation 2024

Published on: 2nd September 2024 by Claire Haigh.

Our world is on fire. 2023 was the hottest year on record. This year a record 15 national heat records have been broken so far[1]. We are facing an unprecedented number of heat-related deaths, wildfires and extreme weather events. But our response to the climate crisis falls far short of the scale of the challenge.…

Shifting the Focus: Is adaptation the key to mainstreaming action on climate change?

Published on: 27th June 2024 by Greg Marsden.

Chair: Professor Greg Marsden, Chair of Greener Transport Council Professor Jillian Anable, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds and Greener Transport Council Rupert Read, Majority Project Professor Rebecca Willis, Lancaster University In 2019, Extinction Rebellion instigated a new national conversation about the climate emergency. Their high-profile public protests, alongside movements such as School Strikes…

Greener Transport Council

Published on: 25th March 2024 by Greg Marsden.

The Greener Transport Council has written to MPs today in advance of the Parliamentary debate on the National Networks National Policy Statement on 26th March. In our assessment, the NNNPS as written, waters down the treatment of the carbon impacts of national road and rail programmes. We pose three key questions to answer. Whether an…

The Art of Seeing

Published on: 6th November 2023 by Claire Haigh.

Our world is fragmented, disordered and chaotic. We are out of alignment with ourselves and the environment on which we depend. Anthropogenic climate change has been allowed to grow like a cancer with the potential to destroy the world as we know it. This is where our best thinking has got us. Greener Vision is…

The Politics of Net Zero

Published on: 19th October 2023 by Claire Haigh.

2023 is likely to be the world’s hottest year on record[i]. Record breaking heatwaves hit much of continental Europe, resulting in lethal flash floods and wildfires. There have been deadly and devastating floods in Libya, fires in Hawaii and typhoons in China. Pope Francis warns that the world may be “nearing breaking point”. The forthcoming…

Net zero policy hits a new low

Published on: 4th July 2023 by Claire Haigh.

Net zero policy in the UK has hit a new low. Before the cries of indignation – yes, it is true that the UK once had a record to be proud of. We were the first advanced economy to commit to net zero by 2050, our economy has grown by 65% whilst emissions reduced by…

Greener Vision: Consultation 2023

Published on: 2nd July 2023 by Claire Haigh.

2022 was our hottest year 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 requisite to the scale of the challenge. Climate change is an existential threat which we have become strangely accustomed to living with. Transport is…

Delivering Net Zero Road Transport

Published on: 19th June 2023 by Claire Haigh.

The roundtable discussion Pathways to Net Zero – Delivering Net Zero Road Transport was held on 6th June 2023. This session focused on what is now the top priority for net zero: delivery. Whilst the UK has some good strategies in place, it is vital now to get the right policies in place to enable the…

A Vision for Change

Published on: 6th June 2023 by Greg Marsden.

The recent publication of my analysis of the downgrading of transport decarbonisation ambition as set out in the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan (Reverse Gear) is a pretty depressing read. 72% of the ambition for change set out in 2021 seemingly set aside. The analysis shows that, even with the ZEV Mandate emissions from vehicles will…