Swap cars for public transport to tackle climate change, COP26 campaigners demand
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dailyrecord.co.ukSwapping petrol-powered cars for electric vehicles won't do enough to tackle climate change, campaigners have warned. The call comes as delegates and world leaders at COP26 will today turn their attention to transport and the need to reduce exhaust emissions.
The UK Government has already committed to ending the sale of new petrol or diesel cars and vans by 2030 but campaigners say it won't be enough to halt rising temperatures.
Transport is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases in the country and one of the fastest-rising worldwide.The Sustainable Transport Alliance (STA) has claimed focussing on electric vehicles would mean ignoring their social and environmental drawbacks.This includes a potential 51 per cent increase in road
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