Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 12
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Failure to guarantee long-term funding for maritime decarbonisation research risks stifling progress.
Conclusion
The Government’s current refusal to guarantee funding for research and development into maritime decarbonisation beyond March 2025 is regrettable. We note that the Aviation Technology Institute has received a guarantee of funding to 2030, no doubt reflecting the importance to the economy, and to decarbonisation targets, of rapid progress in reducing emissions from domestic and international aviation. By failing to guarantee Government support for research and development into reducing domestic and international shipping emissions, Ministers risk stifling progress in this sector. Although decarbonisation of domestic and international shipping is less advanced than decarbonisation of aviation, it is just as challenging to undertake, and demands significant investment decisions from Government and industry in the short term if net zero goals are to be met. (Paragraph 134) Net zero and UK shipping 59
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 13 February 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗