Transport
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Transport has one of the most uncertain futures. It is nearly certain that a high proportion of road and marine vehicles are likely to be battery-electric powered, or use hydrogen fuel cells. Making this happen will require planning the essential transitional work to carbon zero. It will require installing the core charging and re-fuelling infrastructure. Investment to replace or retrofit existing public transport to be zero-carbon. Replacement of the existing ferry fleet is needed for hydrogen fueled vessels is required. Development of a strategy for air transport may be the most difficult.
Full answer here: Organisation of transport in an independent Scotland
The political economy of and practical policies for inclusive growth—a case study of Scotland
Author / Creator: Donald Houston
Media type: Academic Paper
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This indetifies four key policy areas for ‘inclusive growth’: skills, transport and housing for young people; city-regional governance; childcare; and place-making.
The Common Home Plan – Technical Report
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
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This Technical Report is an annex to The Common Home Plan, a part of Our Common Home – A Green New Deal for Scotland. The fact that this book represents the broadest and most detailed Green New Deal blueprint yet published for any country means that it covers a great many of topics in detail and thus draws upon a vast body of literature and other previously published work.
The Common Home Plan
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
There are a number of policy tools which can be used to encourage transformative changes to our lifestyles. However, it should be noted that most of these policy tools are designed to enact structural change rather than individual change and, again, it must not be read that these can simply be introduced into a free market economy as if they will succeed in shifting those markets. They won't, at least not as a result of individual behaviours. The Plan details the the changes needed.