Transportation shifts and climate change

The transport sector, which include water, road, and air transport, has played a critical role in contributing to climate change. Emissions from the transport sector are some of the major contributor to climate change. However, this is expected to double , as the world population is project to peak over 9 billion by 2050This will double the emission from the transport sector geometrically. Majority of the emission will come from developing countries where everybody want to own a car because of the weak mas-transport system. But, should every body own a car.

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Increased use of mass transport can reduced the emission from the transport sector, especially in developing countries, where the transport system is weak. This increase individuals having their own cars, but this is expected top double with population. Apart from the improving the fuel quality or switch to clean energy, the use of mass transport is critical to mitigating the climate. This is expected to shift the transport system to a more mass transport system. In context to climate change, the transport sector is going to be a major culprit.However, the use of mass transport can reduce this increasing of greenhouse gases from the transport sector. For example, a flight from Europe could save as at least 1,347.08 kg/person CO2 CAO, equivalent to    1,149,059.24 CO2 per flight for 853 capacity Airbus A380-800 . This can be applied to the use of big buses, and train transport system. The use of mass transport can reveres this trend of increasing emission from the transport sector.

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