Transport: pathways to decarbonised mobility

How might we travel in a net zero world and what are the steps on the way to decarbonised transport? What these will mean for people and their choices?

Decarbonising our transport systems is a key engineering challenge on the path to net zero. This will involve changes to the ways and means by which people and things move around, at local and global scales. There is no single vision for how our transport systems will change and the interim steps to get fully sustainable transport systems, in which we already see changes.

In this Critical Conversation chaired by Academy CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem, we will explore the need for and role of public dialogue in informing our transition to decarbonised transport. We are delighted to welcome Professor Nick Tyler CBE FREng, Professor Sarah Sharples and Dr Jack Stilgoe as our expert panellists.

Register: https://raeng.org.uk/events/2024/oct/critical-conversations-transport-pathways-to-decarbonised-mobility

Engineers play a critical role in showing how we can achieve socially beneficial outcomes, however, these must be shaped by wider society. Identifying these outcomes and their challenges needs conversations between publics, policymakers, researchers, innovators, and those that build the infrastructures we rely on. Having discussions about the futures we need to build, in relation to net zero, involves actively involving wider publics in the engineering sphere, and having real dialogue about what that is and how we get there.

This Critical Conversations mini series will explore the role of public dialogue in informing engineering’s response to the net zero transition and what pathways should be taken. The three topics will be energy, transport and built environment.

Bringing together the thoughts of leading experts from across the Academy’s networks, our Critical Conversations explore issues of relevance to global professional engineering community and wider society. Fellows, awardees, and engineering partners gather to tackle topical issues of relevance to the global professional engineering community and wider society. 

You will be able to pose your questions to the panel during the live event via the comments section on LinkedIn. 

Catch up on all previous Critical Conversations here.