Decarbonising Wales’ transport system while connecting people and places Introduction

The aim is to reduce and specifies the plans for how changes emissions from passenger transport by in the transport sector will contribute to 22% in 2025 (from 2019) and 98% in 2050 this. [...] The remaining policies parts of the rail system are either reserved aimed at reducing emissions from or dependent on UK-wide policy and surface transport focus on shift-improve regulation, whereas planning and delivery initiatives of active travel, public transport, of local transport systems are largely the and electric vehicle charging (Welsh responsibility of the Welsh Government Government, 20. [...] They Domestic aviation emissions reduced are also planning to reduce emissions in the UK between 1990 and 2019, but from freight and logistics activities by were offset by the substantial growth in assessing the impact of next-day and international aviation emissions during last mile delivery, and introducing multi- the same time period (see Figure 4). [...] The Welsh Government into account carbon emissions from however does have the policy levers to production processes), as well as manage airport expansion and aviation concerns over the disposal of batteries demand, and to prepare for sector in the future. [...] the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 80% (Climate Change News, 2022), it In 2020, UK domestic maritime vessels is an expensive alternative in comparison represented around 5% of the UK’s to the currently used kerosene and domestic transport emissions - more potentially causes issues in relation to than domestic rail and bus emissions food production and availability, and combined (Departmen.