Towards a Zero Carbon Vision for UK Transport - Stockholm Environment Institute, Project Report - 2010

Towards a Zero Carbon Vision for UK Transport - John Whitelegg, Gary Haq,
Howard Cambridge and Harry Vallack

Executive summary - Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea
level. The dominant factor in the warming of the climate in the industrial era is the increasing concentration of various greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere.

In 2006, the transport sector accounted for approximately 24 per cent (130 million tonnes) of the UK’s domestic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) the majority of these emissions (92 per cent) coming from road transport. The 2008 Climate Change Act, commits the UK to reducing GHG emissions across the economy by at least 80 per cent (in comparison to 1990 levels) by 2050.

Complete Report can be found at:
http://sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate-mitigation-adaptation/towards-zero-carbon-vision-uk-transport-2010.pdf