As the world becomes more urban and populous, demand for mobility services that get people, goods and services from A to B will rise. But as the planet heats up, governments and societies expect the automotive, logistics and aviation sectors to bring carbon emissions down. What the mobility ecosystem does next will affect us all.
Transport and logistics (T&L) companies that want to become more sustainable and resilient will recruit for data and analytics talent, collect data from new parts of the business, adopt a mindset of bold experimentation, and recognise that business as usual is over.
Concern for climate change has steadily grown over the last decade, with majorities in France, Germany, Spain, the UK, Brazil, Australia and many other countries, seeing it as a pressing security threat. Natural disasters – such as the 2020 Australian wildfires – and campaigns such as Fridays for the Future have effectively won the argument. Today, climate change is an urgent concern.
Achieving sustainable mobility requires scaling vehicle sharing, decarbonising the energy system, and funding and building infrastructure for electric vehicles and other alternatives to petroleum. As each country takes its own approach, what lessons can be learned from China’s experience?
Before the pandemic hit, progress on airline sustainability was gathering pace, passenger numbers were expected to increase steadily, and airlines were expecting to expand. Covid-19 has suddenly and radically changed the outlook. What is the extent of the pandemic’s disruption of the industry? And what might it mean for the future of air travel?
As pressure grows on the automotive sector to become more sustainable and reduce emissions, there will be commercial (and reputational) opportunities for automotive manufacturers and others if they improve their sustainability and pricing amid new green policies, programmes and regulation.
Our first virtual session in our mobility series focused on how companies, governments, entrepreneurs and others can offer safer, more sustainable mobility options in the wake of Covid-19.
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