COP26: Seven reasons global transport is so hard to decarbonise

By Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy & Environment, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford

Transport accounts for 21% of global carbon emissions. It is now the largest emitting sector in many developed countries. While Europe and North America dominate historic transport emissions, much of the projected growth in emissions is in Asia.

Even if current and committed policies were to succeed, transport’s carbon emissions would still grow almost 20% by 2050. Highly ambitious policies could cut these emissions by…

Read complete article

~	Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package

~	We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

~	Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them

~	A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ

~	‘A defiant stand’: histories of Australia’s frontier wars are revealing their true complexity, but there’s more to be done

~	Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn

~	‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve

~	Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it

~	What is the role of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in French-speaking Africa?

~	The magic of travel: Three Ukrainian women writers of the 1930s