Thursday 9 July 2020

DfT’s Net Zero Transport Board hosts inaugural meeting

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has chaired the first meeting of the Net Zero Transport Board, a body of industry leaders formed to advise the Department for Transport (DfT) on decarbonisation and green recovery.

The board, which comprises of representatives from different sectors such as environment, science, technology and aviation, will propose steps the government should be taking to decarbonise UK's transport further and ensure a green bounceback of the economy.

The Transport Secretary highlighted the government’s aim to reach two million new jobs by 2030 in the low carbon economy and its supply chains, up from 460,000 today.

Mr. Shapps said: “Clearly our ground-breaking Transport Decarbonisation Plan must be shaped by the best brains and informed by the widest array of expertise and experience.

”I’m determined to build a greener, healthier, more prosperous Britain for future generations and I have no doubt that the Net Zero Transport Board will play an integral part in our green recovery.”