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The European Investment Bank invests in port infrastructure to improve sustainability and reduce global transport chain emissions, including efforts that mitigate pollution from moored ships, such as shoreside electricity and ship garbage receiving facilities. Between 2018 and 2022, the Bank funded €1.3 billion on ports.
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation was the first state transport undertaking in India to utilise bio-fuels and ethanol-blended fuels. [164] KSRTC took an initiative to do research in alternative fuel forms by experimenting with various alternatives — blending diesel with biofuels such as honge, palm, sunflower, groundnut, coconut ...
Under construction picture of Eastern dedicated freight corridor. The tracks of dedicated freight corridors in India are broad gauge. Under the Eleventh Five Year Plan of India (2007–12), the Ministry of Railways started constructing a new Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in two long routes, namely the Eastern and Western freight corridors. [5]
The Government of India established the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) on 30 October 2006 to undertake construction of this project. [4]India's first 2 DFCs, the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal, via ...
In 2012, international maritime transport made up 2.2% of global emissions. [ 3 ] : 9 In 2014, the IMO calculated that the shipping industry produced 3.1% of all CO 2 emissions, [ 4 ] and that shipping emissions would rise as much as 250% by 2050, [ 3 ] : 17 at which point they could make up 17% of all emissions. [ 5 ]
The National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC) was formed by the Government of India in 2010. It was formulated to create a policy environment in order to provide an integrated and sustainable transport system. Dr. Rakesh Mohan is the chairman of the committee. It submitted its report at the end of February 2014.
Transportation accounts for 15% of emissions worldwide. [201] Increasing the use of public transport, low-carbon freight transport and cycling are important components of transport decarbonisation. [202] [203] Electric vehicles and environmentally friendly rail help to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.
The health and environmental impact of transport is significant because transport burns most of the world's petroleum. This causes illness and deaths from air pollution , including nitrous oxides and particulates , and is a significant cause of climate change through emission of carbon dioxide .