Transport

Decarbonizing air transport: Sustainable aviation fuels are vital for growth

Transport currently generates 20 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That’s a huge number. Reducing the GHG emissions produced by transport is a big challenge, but by no means an…

Alison Schafer, Megersa Abera Abate, Charles E. Schlumberger|
Climate Change, Transport

Modular bridges: A climate-resilient solution for small bridges in the Pacific

Several prefabricated modular bridges are being built in Solomon Islands, an island nation vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The approach and lessons learned from a study and…

Naoki Kakuta, Dung Anh Hoang|
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Transport, Urban Development

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for October 1-15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces four papers published from October 1 to October 15 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Climate Change, Competitiveness, Education, Gender, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Poverty, Social Protection, Transport

Connecting the dots between transport, food, water, and energy for a more sustainable future

From a thematic standpoint, focusing on the nexus between climate, water, food, and energy makes a lot of sense, including in the African context. COP27 comes at a time when one in three people…

Nancy Vandycke, Josephine Njoki Irungu, Isabella Rolz Sandoval, Gurpreet Singh Sehmi|
Agriculture and Food, Transport

Creating Virtuous Circles Between Urban Planning and Urban Transit

The relationship between urban development and transport systems is both critical and complex. Without effective urban transit, commuting becomes too costly, and cities cannot deliver on their…

Nick Tsivanides, Somik Lall, Mumba Ngulube|
Transport
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