Quantified Carbon Reductions The DfT is due to produce guidance for councils’ new Local Transport Plans (LTPs). It will include detailed information about how local authorities should deliver Quantified Carbon Reductions (QCRs) from their transport networks. The LTP guidance is
CCC Progress Report 2023 The true test of leadership is delivery, says the outgoing Chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) Lord Deben in his Foreword to the 2023 Progress in Reducing Emissions report to Parliament. The UK government is
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
Ireland Moves Cautiously towards Reducing Car Use Ireland is moving cautiously towards reducing car use, reports the Irish Times. The Irish government’s Climate Action Plan commits to developing a national demand management strategy for transport in order to halve emissions
North Yorkshire Council Has Cut Down 300 Trees for Kex Gill Diversion North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has cut down around 300 trees as part of its planned diversion of the A59 to avoid Kex Gill. The number of trees felled
The Future Starts Now: Utrecht Builds Car-Free Neighbourhood Utrecht is to build a car-free neighbourhood for 12,000 residents, called Merwede. It will be between the Merwede Canal and the Transwijk Park. The residential area replaces a business park. There will
Motonormativity British people accept risks and harms from motor vehicles that they would not accept in other areas of life. That’s the conclusion of a study by Ian Walker, Alan Tapp and Adrian Davis, reported in the Guardian. The researchers
North Yorkshire’s Climate Change Strategy North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has published its draft Climate Change Strategy. It will be considered at a meeting of NYCC’s Executive on Tuesday 17th January 2023, and will then go out to public consultation.
State of the Global Climate 2022 – WMO The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has published its provisional State of the Global Climate report 2022. Some of the most important points are highlighted by a video: They include: Full Report The
Police Bicycle Chase at Schiphol Climate activists staged a protest at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Saturday that resulted in a police bicycle chase. The protest involved around 500 people from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion at Schiphol East, where private jets