Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote sustainable transport, campaigners say

The Campaign for Better Transport led calls to make it easier for people to make a higher proportion of their journeys by walking or cycling. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Dozens of civil society groups have demanded the UK government do more to promote cycling, walking and shared mobility, after this summer’s extreme heat exposed the desperate need to decarbonise transport.

This summer’s heatwaves and wildfires were “immediate, real-world manifestations of the climate emergency”, the groups said, making reform of transport – responsible for more carbon emissions than any other sector in the UK – an urgent priority.