Willingness to reduce travel consumption to support a low-carbon transition beyond COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: This paper explores people's willingness to reduce travel consumption in support of the transition to a low-carbon pathway beyond COVID-19, using new survey data from UK car drivers and air travellers. Evidence from our study indicates that reductions of 24% - 30% to car use and 20% - 26% to air travel could be sustained in the long term. This potentially could lead to annual reductions of 343-529 kgCO₂ per car driver (20% - 29% of pre-COVID-19 car emissions) and 215-359 kgCO₂ per air traveller (10% - 20% of pre-COVID-19 emissions from flying), suggesting that behavioural change may be a major route to emissions reductions. We find that stated voluntary reductions are greater among those who report having 'more time to do creative things' since the start of the COVID-

SUBMITTER: O'Garra T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature