Jul262017

Relocalisation: la Commission passe à l’étape suivante des procédures d’infraction contre la République tchèque, la Hongrie et la Pologne

EU

25/07/2017 – Business, taxation and competition / Consumer affairs and public health / Economy and the euro

The 2017 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard shows that more and more EU consumers are shopping online and that their trust in e-commerce has increased, in particular in buying online from other EU countries.

Jul262017

Policy paper: Air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in UK (2017)

DEFRA

Updated: Added the supplement plan and annex D maps.

Statutory air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), setting out how the UK will be reducing roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations.

These documents and zone plans set out our comprehensive approach to meeting the statutory limits for nitrogen dioxide, and the policy background.

The technical report details the modelling techniques and assumptions used when developing the plan.

A supplement to the plan was published on 5 October 2018. Read the local authority studies used to develop the supplement.

The Directions require specified local authorities to carry out studies or to implement actions to meet legal limits for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time, and sets deadlines.

These documents detail how we will meet our legal requirement to reduce nitrogen dioxide set out in the:

  • Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010
  • Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010
  • Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
  • Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2010

Jul262017

Collection: Future of mobility

DEFRA

Updated: Added 6 workshop reports.

Technological developments and disruptive business models will have a significant impact on how people and goods move around the UK over the coming decades. This project investigates the impact and consequences of these issues on how people and goods will be transported.

The project aims to:

  • share the latest scientific evidence with policy makers
  • use futures techniques to inform policy decision making
  • help policy makers deal with uncertainty around the future of transport

Emerging areas of focus are:

  • the interaction between people, technology and data
  • new transport business models
  • alternate transport futures

These areas are likely to develop over the course of the project.

Jul262017

News story: New Foresight project to investigate the future of mobility

Science

Updated: Added link to project page.

Technological developments and disruptive business models will have a significant impact on how people and goods move around the UK over the coming decades. The Government Office for Science’s new Foresight project will investigate how these issues will affect the transport of people and goods up to 2040.

Commenting on the project, Sir Mark Walport, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, said:

Understanding what the future of transport could hold is important for society and government.

Policy makers need to think about the longer term future of transport in order to make informed decisions today to shape the way people and goods move in the future.

The Foresight Future of Mobility project will help policy makers to think about the future of transport by providing the latest scientific evidence and tools.

The project is developing evidence in the following areas:

  • the interaction between people, technology and data
  • new transport business models
  • alternate transport futures

These areas will develop over the course of the project.