<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><strong>In light of current policy and funding measures, can the UK achieve its target of zero new polluting vehicles by 2030, and can it inspire other countries to do the same?</strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">In its role as president of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the UK has pledged to show<a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/uk-climate-leadership/" target="_blank"> </a><a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/uk-climate-leadership/" target="_blank">domestic leadership on climate action</a>. One of its key commitments in this regard is ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2030, putting it ‘</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">on course to be the fastest G7 country to decarbonise cars and vans’. The ban on new polluting cars is also supported by measures to promote grea</span></p>
Source: LexisNexis Purpose Built
Road to COP26—decarbonising transport
