Daily traffic & travel news

Published: 06 June 2022
By Chris Haycock

General

Seeking a new PACTS Board Member PACTS is seeking a suitable person to join its board of trustees and directors, to add skills and diversity to... The post Seeking a new PACTS Board Member appeared first on PACTS. (Transport Wales)

ITC explores how transport can improve the local environment The ITC’s Spring Discussion Evening, held on 7th April 2022, explored how transport infrastructure can make a positive contribution to our local environment. Guests at this online event heard from an expert panel including Jo Lewington (Network Rail), Steve Elderkin (National Highways) and Jon Riley (Temple Group). For more information on the event and the […] (Transport Wales)

If not now, then when? The IPCC have warned that it’s “now or never” if world is to stave off climate disaster.  We already look set to overshoot the 1.5C target. In carefully calibrated messaging, the IPCC’s latest report highlights the enormous scale of the challenge but that we have the tools and the knowhow required.  Lifestyle changes offer significant… (Transport Wales)

RETHINK NEEDED: TECHNOLOGY ALONE INSUFFICIENT TO TACKLE CLIMATE CRISIS Reduce car kms in the UK by a quarter to stay on track for net zero Average price of petrol hits above £1.55 per litre for first time Half the world’s population highly vulnerable to climate change impacts Global CO2 emissions linked to energy climbed 6 per cent last year Transport accounts for 37% of… (Transport Wales)

We must make the case for a better life The latest IPCC report has been described as ‘an atlas of human suffering’. Climate impacts are worse than predicted.  Extreme weather events are accelerating. No region is safe. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a livable future. The report’s publication last week would have… (Transport Wales)