Transportation sector emissions have accelerated the climate crisis – automobiles are the second-largest source of greenhouse gases and have nearly doubled since 1990 – but they may soon be thrown in reverse thanks to electric vehicles.
New research from the International Council on Clean Transportation estimates global emissions from road transportation and liquid fuel consumption may peak at around 9 gigatonnes as soon as 2025 and then begin falling, plummeting to 7.1 Gt in 2050. This peak and subsequent decline is happening roughly 25 years earlier than the ICCT’s previous forecast, thanks to ambitious decarbonization policies being adopted around the globe.
Recent Comments