The Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group defined sustainable transport as “the provision of services and infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods, advancing economic and social development to benefit today’s and future generations, in a manner that is safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient, while minimizing carbon and other emissions and environmental impacts” in its 2016 report.
Therefore, sustainable transport has to:
Do you know that according to IEA (https://www.iea.org/topics/transport), in 2020 the transport sector was responsible for 24% of direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion?
For the 2000–2019 period, aviation emissions rose by an annual average rate of 2%, which was associated with an average annual increase of 5% in commercial passenger flight activity.
In the maritime sector things are not that different: the GHG emissions of shipping as a whole (international, domestic, and fishing) stood at close to 3% of the total global figure in 2018.
Nowadays, project managers working in the transport sector need to be aware of the following challenges:
Besides challenges, there are also several opportunities for project managers working in the transport field.
One of them is digitalization: people can increasingly access many online services, experiences, and even jobs from their own home, which can reduce the demand for travel, both commuting and business trips.
Therefore, project managers have several opportunities to make the transport sector more environmentally friendly.
RINA takes part in several international research and innovation programs to provide people with safe and reliable mobility services.
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