DfT Policy Workshop on Maritime Decarbonisation - 19 Sep 2023

Policy workshop on maritime decarbonisation

The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge, organised a Policy Workshop in partnership with the Department for Transport (DfT). The workshop addressed the overarching theme of maritime decarbonisation.

Purpose of the Workshop

The DfT is continuing to develop an ambitious policy programme to accelerate maritime decarbonisation, and future fuels will be pivotal to this work. The purpose of the Policy Workshop was to help the DfT increase their evidence base by providing academic insights.

Desired outcomes included:

- to collect feedback and recommendations regarding the landscape of future fuels for the maritime sector;

- to identify potential next steps for the Department, such as policies or interventions to explore further.

Outline of the report

This report captures discussions from the Policy Workshop held on 19 September 2023. The report begins by outlining the context around maritime decarbonisation before moving on to some of the associated policy challenges. Following this, it discusses some alternative fuels that could support maritime decarbonisation, before outlining the discussion that resulted from modelling the impacts of some fuels.

To read the report please click here

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