The Role of Sub-National Transport Bodies in Carbon Governance

This paper reviews the role of Sub-National Transport Bodies in Carbon Governance in England. It reviews the formal accounting framework, the coherence in carbon terms of trying to manage carbon at different scales and the availability of policy levers at those scales. Carbon governance is a complex issue. There is no one right answer as to where to intervene to manage carbon. Ultimately decarbonisation has to happen everywhere and so all scales have some role. However, this paper sought to explore the need for intervention by Sub-National Transport Bodies. It concludes that there is a strong case for SNTBs to be involved in carbon governance.