Globally, June 5 is the World Environment Day. It was created to raise awareness and spur actions to protect the environment. This year, emissions from transport are a major focus because the sector is responsible for almost a quarter of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world. That’s one part of the story. The other part is that the transport sector’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have increased consistently over the year. The transport sector was the second-biggest source behind the energy sector in terms of annual change in CO2 emissions between 2020 and 2021.
In India, too, transport is one of the sectors where emissions are growing fastest, and it accounts for around 14% of CO2 emissions, 90% of them from road transport. Therefore, reducing emissions from road transport is vital for achieving the country’s climate goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070….
India’s Path to Clean Transport is Electric, Strong Central Policies on Zero-Emission Vehicles
