In order to achieve full decarbonisation, the UK logistics industry will need the complete support of the government. 

This is according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which specified that infrastructure and added costs are too great a barrier to decarbonisation for firms looking for alternatives to diesel. 

The FTA's call for support comes in the wake of the publication of a new report on the fifth carbon budget by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). 

Challenges for all sectors - including freight - are set out in the document, which outlines the requirements for meeting the UK's ambitious greenhouse gas emission target of an 80 per cent cut by 2050.

Climate change policy manager at the FTA Rachael Dillon said: "The CCC report highlights that freight must play its part in contributing to carbon reduction and it is vital that we can provide evidence of the efforts and progress we are making."