Scotland's Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040 - Children's version

Sector 2: Transport

Reducing transport emissions needs everyone to make changes. We need to reduce the need to travel and encourage the use of eco-friendly forms of transport and fuels.

Key Policies in the Plan:

We will phase out the need for new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. This will ensure the majority of all road vehicles are zero emission by 2040.

We will work with the private sector to enable the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure like charging points.

We will support people to move away from car use to more sustainable forms of travel, including public transport, walking, wheeling and cycling for everyday journeys.

We will support the sustainable movement of goods by encouraging more freight (which is the transport of goods) to move by rail or water instead of road.

We will decarbonise scheduled flights within Scotland by 2040.