Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026: Robert Llewellyn to host

Landor LINKS and partners are delighted to announce that Robert Llewellyn, actor, comedian and writer, will be the host for the Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026 on Friday 27 March at the Royal Lancaster Hotel. Llewellyn is famous for his media and event series Fully Charged / Everything Electric, and his roles in Scrapheap Challenge and the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf.

Llewellyn’s Fully Charged Show, focusing on clean energy and electric vehicles, evolved into Everything Electric to cover a wider range of topics including the future of transport and renewable energy, technology from solar panels to battery storage and alternative energy technologies. The brand includes a YouTube channel, podcasts and live events across the UK and beyond.

Llewellyn will be hosting the gala lunchtime Awards Ceremony on 27 March, and handing out Awards to the winning entrants. 

As global delegates meet in Belen for COP30, a major theme of COP30 is shifting from setting goals to concrete action, with transport transitions being one of the six key areas. These Awards bring that message home to the UK.

About the Awards

The Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026 are organised to recognise the individuals, teams, partnerships and innovations that are providing genuine leadership and unwavering efforts to reduce carbon across the transport industry.  

The deadline for entries is 5 December 2025, and judging will take place during December 2025 and January 2026. The longlist will be announced on 5 January 2026.

There are 16 Awards categories – orgainsed into three sections including People & Teams Awards, Category Awards and Special Awards – so there is plenty of opportunity to showcase your organisation’s projects, initiaves and leadership in this most critical area. Decarbonising transport and achieving net zero is the biggest challenge facing the transport sector.  

Enter now –  these Awards really matter

Transport professionals have one of the most important and influential roles in shaping a better world. Every time we design a cleaner bus route, reimagine a car-dominated street into a thriving place for people, reduce emissions from road infrastructure, or make sustainable travel more accessible - we are making decisions that will greatly enhance the lives of future generations.

Says Daniel Simpson, co-Managing Director at Landor LINKS: “The Decarbonising Transport Awards are about more than recognition – they’re about momentum. By celebrating the work being done today, we aim to inspire even greater progress tomorrow. We're incredibly proud to create a platform that supports and spotlights those shaping a cleaner, fairer transport future.”

We are committed to ensuring a transparent, fair and rigorous judging process that recognises meaningful impact, ambition and replicability.

Simpson added: “Each submission will be reviewed and scored by multiple judges to ensure a balanced and impartial outcome.”

About the judges

Last month, Landor LINKS announced the expert judging panel that will be considerting entries across the award categories, covering all aspects of transport decarbonisation from innovation, leadership, freight, active travel and public transport.

To date, 16 judges have been confirmed from a range of professional backgrounds and fields of expertise. Confirmed judges include:

• Glenn Lyons, President of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) and Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility, University of the West of England

• Jessica Matthew, Director, Local and Regional Transport Strategy, Department for Transport

• Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds

• Jillian Anable, Professor of Transport and Energy, University of Leeds, Institute for Transport Studies

• David Connolly, Director of Low Carbon Mobility, SYSTRA

• Sarah Sharples, Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester and former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport

• Simon Shapcott, Net Zero Director for Transportation, AtkinsRéalis

• Catriona Swanson, Strategic Lead - Sustainable Transport and Directorate Equalities Lead, Manchester City Council

• Alistair Kirkbride, Director, Low Carbon Destinations

• Anne Snelson, Certified Carbon Literacy Project Trainer, Lead With Sustainability

• Nick Ruxton-Boyle, Technical Director, Citisense

• Becca Massey-Chase, Head of Citizen Engagement and Principal Research, Fellow, IPPR

• Brian Deegan, Director of Inspections, Active Travel England

• Sameer Savani, Transport Managing Director, Connected Places Catapult

• Neil Gibson, Past President ADEPT & Chair of Live Labs 2 Commissioning Board

• Fred Ewing, Head of Transportation and Infrastructure, Meridien Business Support

Each entry will be reviewed by several independent judges with expertise in that area.

“The awards provide inspiration, best practice and tangible benefits to the wider sector as well as recognise the achievements of those that are going the extra mile,” adds Daniel Simpson. 

“The choices we make today will be judged tomorrow. And in the face of the climate crisis, the need to celebrate bold action, visionary leadership, and tangible progress in decarbonising transport has never been greater,” he says.

“The Decarbonising Transport Awards fill a long-overdue gap. They will not only recognise innovation and commitment, but serve as a beacon for others to follow.”

If you’d like to get involved in these Awards, please contact daniel@landor.co.uk 

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Further information about the Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026?can be found on the event website, including Awards categories, timelines and information about the Judging panel.