Transport

[New] As for transport, the Department for Transport is expected to publish plans this year about decarbonising every single mode of transport, including international aviation and shipping, which the Government has opted to exclude from its net-zero accounting.
The Australian Government will provide an additional $905.9 million over four years from 2019-20 for priority road and rail projects in Western Australia, increasing the Government's total commitment to transport infrastructure projects in Western Australia to over $13.6 billion.
The Australian Government will provide an additional $173.3 million over four years from 2019-20 for priority road and rail projects in Tasmania, as part of the Government's total commitment to transport infrastructure projects in Tasmania of over $2.8 billion.
The Government will provide an additional $146.9 million over four years from 2019-20 to accelerate existing transport infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory, as part of the Government's total commitment to transport infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory of over $2.2 billion.
Taken together, investing in low-carbon transport in cities could yield economic returns of over US$ 33 trillion by 2050, reduce carbon emissions by 3.29 GtCO2 - e by 2050, and save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, while making cities more pleasant and liveable.
Palm oil causes excessive deforestation and should not count as a renewable source of energy, and will effectively be phased out as fuel for transport between 2023 and 2030.
In 2020, the push to electrify vehicles and transportation will shift from China to Europe, as both governments and manufacturers aim to cut carbon emission.
Last year, the government set out its plans to improve accessibility across all modes of transport in the Inclusive Transport Strategy, which aims to make the UK 's transport network fully inclusive by 2030.
Since global trade and maritime transport are expected to continue to grow in the coming years - last year 11 billion tons of cargo was carried for the first time - to achieve the specified targets, ships would have to reduce their emissions by more than 80%.
While EV sales are still low, Wood Mackenzie expects the ongoing electrification of transportation to significantly lift demand for synthetic graphite and needle coke in the coming years.
Electric public transport is a super solution that could reduce 250 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030 and it has a lot more benefits.
The transport sector is expected to grow in terms of absolute greenhouse gas emissions over the next decades, while some other sectors are already reducing their carbon footprint.
Growth in emissions will have levelled off, partly because China's coal-fired surge is over, but also because of the hard work of millions of people around the globe in the energy and transport sectors.
Sulphur will be cut drastically from global shipping transport fuels in 2020, in a move that should reduce some forms of air pollution, and may help towards tackling the climate emergency - but which could also lead to a rise in the price of flights.
The European Commission executive arm estimates that halving emissions by 2030 would require 260 billion euros of investment a year in the energy, transport and construction sectors.
Under the Stated Policies scenario, global electricity demand from the transport sector could also surge from 2% today to 10% by 2040, driven by an influx of electric vehicles.
The UN report predicts that nearly 70% of the global population will move to urban areas by the end of 2050, which is impacting a wide range of industrial sectors including the automotive and transportation industries.
The Global Automotive Tyre market was evaluated at US$183400 million in 2017 and is predicted to reach US$211500 million by 2023 growing at a CAGR of 2.4% during the forecast period.
Consumption of natural rubber for vehicle tires is expected to fall as vehicle sales slow in China, North America, Europe, and elsewhere.
Sensors in each tire could send data about road conditions to the other tires.
In 2016 market demand for replacement car tyres is expected to show growth in Central Europe, North America and the Nordic countries.
Demand for tires in Eastern Europe will trail the global average but comfortably outperform Western Europe.
Growth in demand for tires in North America and Western Europe is projected to trail the global average through 2019.

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Last updated: 14 February 2020