Anciaes, Paulo;
(2024)
Net-zero policies for land transport: do they improve human health? [Invited Presentation].
Presented at: AAPS Annual Conference 2024, Bath, UK.
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Abstract
Reducing carbon emissions is a critical objective for the land transport sector. This has been addressed mainly through policies to increase the use of low-emission vehicles. These policies have global environmental objectives but might contribute to local objectives such as improving human health. However, there is also a risk that these policies deteriorate health. The decarbonisation of the vehicle fleet reduces emissions of local pollutants and noise but, if accompanied by increases in road traffic levels, may aggravate other health-related problems such traffic injuries, lack of physical activity, and the barrier effects of traffic on pedestrian mobility. It may also increase inequalities in the distribution of the environmental and health benefits and costs of transport across age and socio-economic groups. There is an urgent need to design policies that address both environment and health, global and local objectives, while ensuring the transport system is equitable and accessible for all. This requires not only a move to low-emission vehicles but also major reductions in road traffic levels and a shift from private to public transport, walking, and cycling. This shift can only be achieved by combining transport with urban policies such as densification, land use diversity, and more pleasant urban environments. Achieving environmental and health objectives also requires policies that are co-designed across sectors and with local populations, as well as appraisal methods that account for the multiple interactions between transport, health, and the natural and built environment.
| Type: | Conference item (Presentation) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Net-zero policies for land transport: do they improve human health? [Invited Presentation] |
| Event: | AAPS Annual Conference 2024 |
| Location: | Bath, UK |
| Dates: | 11 - 12 July 2024 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.aaps-cdt.ac.uk/events/aaps-annual-conf... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | environment, health, transport |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195727 |
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