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James Beard
@ClimateBeard
Senior Associate, European Climate Foundation. Previously @climategroup ⚡🚗 @wwf_uk 🐼 @reassociation ☀️ Views not necessarily those of my employer.
Jul 14, 2021 • 29 tweets • 19 min read
Today is Christmas🎅 for climate and transport geeks in 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺

In my 🧦 is the 🇬🇧 Transport Decarbonisation Plan

Under the 🎄 is the 🇪🇺 Fit for 55 Package, including big decisions on phasing out petrol 🚗

Which bits are the real goodies 🎁 & which the lumps of coal ⚫?

1/n First up, the 🇬🇧 Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

Press release here: gov.uk/government/new…

Ministerial statement here: gov.uk/government/spe…

Full docs after lunch.

2/n
Nov 18, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Some background on the 2030 petrol/diesel vehicle sales ban...

1️⃣ Does business back this policy? Resoundingly yes. 29 companies, including 5 of the UK's 6 biggest fleets, have been calling for this all year theclimategroup.org/our-work/press… 2️⃣ Who will drive this transition? Again, it's business. 60% of new cars and almost all new vans/trucks are bought by companies. Our #EV100 members, switching 700,000 vehicles on UK roads to EV by 2030, are the sharp end of the wedge. We then get these EVs cheaper second hand.