Region must get radical to cut emissions says study

01 May 2008

Only radical measures will enable carbon reduction targets in Yorkshire and Humberside to be met, according to a new study.

The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Assembly-funded study by JMP and York University’s Stockholm Environment Institute was set up to see how carbon emissions from transport – currently 24% of the region’s emissions – could be reduced.

Each person in the region is currently responsible for 1.8t a year of transport carbon and, unchecked, this could rise to 4t a year by 2021. Even with current reduction policies, it could still rise to 2.8t a year by 2021, says the report.

A range of scenarios was modelled, including congestion charging, school and other travel plans, rail and bus improvements, more home working and car-free zones. These were looked at alongside doing nothing.

‘To make reductions in emissions to 60%, we have to be a bit more forward-thinking than we have been, and the policies might be harder to implement,’ explained Howard Cambridge, of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Another key factor is aviation which accounts for 24% of per capita transport carbon emissions, and a 60% reduction would necessitate tackling that too.

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