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The road transport industry has demanded a “well-considered, evidence-based roadmap” for decarbonising road freight, amid mounting concern that governments increasingly opt for “knee-jerk” responses.

A UK Road Haulage Association (RHA) paper, Eliminate, Minimise, Offset, urges a stable regulatory landscape that provides investment and financial supports in the development of vehicle standards to drive down CO2 emissions.

Chief executive Richard Burnett said: “Both political ambition and technological potential to reduce UK CO2 emissions is clear, but sustainable and predictable implementation is less so.

“It’s unfortunate ...