Delivering net zero transport will require collaboration across all key agencies of government and industry, according to stakeholders speaking today at the Zemo Partnership Summit 2024.

Unprecedented collaboration will be required for the UK to hit its net zero transport goals.

The event, taking place today (3 October 2024) in London, brings together Westminster, Holyrood, Senedd and local government leads with key public sector organisations and businesses.

A comprehensive line-up of speakers will talk on how to deliver net zero transport in Scotland, Wales and England to help inform the UK’s delivery roadmap.

With a new government in place, the UK’s transport decarbonisation transition is moving into a key delivery phase.

Now more than ever, unprecedented collaboration will be required between all tiers of government, industrial sectors and regions for the UK to achieve its net zero transport goals.

Professor Sir Jim Skea, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said: “Climate change is an urgent and critical planetary challenge, warranting immediate and determined action across all continents and all sectors of human activity. Decarbonising transport is a key part of the solution.”

Simon Lightwood, Minster for Local Transport, commented: “Delivering greener transport and accelerating the drive to net zero is one of this government’s central missions.”

The Summit follows September’s publication by the Zemo Partnership of guidance setting out seven key principles to inform transport policy development. The guidance has been informed by the independent Council for Net Zero Transport, chaired by Lord Deben which Zemo Partnership convenes. The council comprises leading representatives of organisations with a key stake in transport’s decarbonisation transition.

Claire Haigh, executive director, Zemo Partnership, said: “We should celebrate the UK’s global leadership on net zero and the progress that has been made so far, but there is still much work to be done. Transport emissions will need to decline much more rapidly during this decade if the UK’s targets are to be achieved.

“That’s why the Zemo Partnership Summit 2024 will bring together stakeholders from across the green economy, to outline a roadmap to accelerate this journey. I thank everyone for their contribution to today’s event and to tackling this vital challenge and look forward to seeing the progress we as a sector have made by next year’s summit.”