The transport sector's journey to net zero
Transport is the UK's largest emitting sector. By adopting new technologies and overhauling old systems, the transport industry can drastically cut its carbon emissions. Civil engineers working to decarbonise transport must play a careful balancing act, generating value and increasing efficiency while also reducing risk. Where are there big opportunities for decarbonising the transport sector? And what obstacles are we still trying to overcome?
In this Tech Talk, ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne is joined by Stephen Elderkin, director of environmental sustainability for National Highways, and Conor McCone, carbon manager at Skanska UK, to explore what needs to be done to decarbonise the transport sector, tracking the 'easy wins' for sustainability in transport and examining the complications that can arise on the journey to net zero.
After listening to this podcast, you will:
If you are serious about decarbonising the transport sector, you need to be thinking about tailpipe carbon... We need to be thinking about what we're doing to bring tailpipe carbon down. That will have implications for what we build
Stephen Elderkin, director of environmental sustainability, National Highways
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