Transport accounts for approximately 20 percent of Aotearoa New Zealand’s emissions. How can we think about and do transportation differently to reduce our emissions and make our communities more connected and resilient?

Climate Change and Transport

This paper gives practical guidance to transport professionals on how they should incorporate consideration of climate change into their work. It should be seen as a statement of principles and objectives and does not replace or supersede engineers’ obligations under other engineering guidelines and standards.

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Green Travel and Climate Change: An Introduction to Low Carbon Road Transport

Find out the impact of road transport on carbon emissions and climate change, and how low carbon transport technologies can help. This course provides an explanation of key low emission road transport options, as well as an overview of the trends, policies and innovations in the industry.

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Adapting transportation infrastructure to climate change

This British Columbian government website introduces the challenge of ensuring transportation infrastructure is resilient and adapted to the effects of climate change, including extreme weather events.

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Climate impacts on transportation

Although this article is focused on statistics and examples from the United States, it provides a useful introduction to the ways that climate change will impact the transport system, including land-based, air and marine transportation. 

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