Carbon emissions all at sea: why was shipping left out of the Paris Climate Agreement?
This article, by Shayne MacLachlan of the OECD Environment Directorate, is co-published with the OECD Insights Blog. Newcastle, Australia has the dubious honour of being the world’s largest port for coal exports. There’s even a coal price index named after it: The NEWC Index. Surfing Novocastrian beaches not only means “watching out” for great-white sharks, but also “being watched” by the lurking great-red coal ships out … Continue reading Carbon emissions all at sea: why was shipping left out of the Paris Climate Agreement?
Safe and secure, from London to Lahore and everywhere in between!
Heather Allen, independent consultant on sustainable transport, climate change and gender March 8th – International Women’s Day – gives us a good reason to reflect on progress on the variety of women’s issues that are hindering equality. Being safe and secure is a basic human value – yet in today’s world, personal security is still a major issue everywhere. In a woman’s world there are … Continue reading Safe and secure, from London to Lahore and everywhere in between!
Decarbonising Transport
Towards zero transport emissions by around 2050. Continue reading Decarbonising Transport
The Sharing Economy: How shared self-driving cars could change city traffic
by Sharon Masterson, International Transport Forum Corporate Partnership Board In 2011, TIME Magazine named collaborative consumption (or the sharing economy as it is often called) as one of the top 10 ideas that will change the world. Four years on, this prediction seems to be holding true. The number of companies operating in the sharing economy is rising rapidly in the transport sector alone, and includes household … Continue reading The Sharing Economy: How shared self-driving cars could change city traffic
Subsidies in Aviation: The elusive flight towards fair competition
by Alain Lumbroso Subsidies in aviation are almost as old as air transport itself. Most if not all countries at one point or another have provided public funding to some parts of their aviation value chains, be it air carriers, airports or air navigation services such as air traffic control. This year, much attention has been focused on three Gulf carriers. Their strong growth and … Continue reading Subsidies in Aviation: The elusive flight towards fair competition
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