World Sustainable Transport Day - From Carbon to Clean: Transforming Transport for Tomorrow

As India grapples with worsening air quality and mobility challenges, the transport sector emerges as an area of dual challenge and opportunity: first, to decarbonize and shift to sustainable modes; and second, to reduce harmful air pollution—especially in urban and peri-urban zones.

The transport sector is responsible for a large proportion of air pollution, as well as being a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. An estimated 4.2 million premature deaths are attributable to ambient (outdoor) air pollution. Higher air pollution concentrations increase the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer, and adverse birth outcomes, and are associated with higher death rates.

Transport is a significant and growing contributor to particulate air pollution exposures—which is most closely linked to air pollution-related deaths and illnesses. Road transport is estimated to be responsible for a substantial share of particulate matter (PM) emissions globally, particularly due to diesel traffic.

Transport emissions also include some of the precursors of ground-level ozone (O3), including nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO), which pose a particular risk for vehicle operators and passengers in closed spaces (e.g., garages), and methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Ground-level ozone also damages agricultural productivity and threatens food security. (SOURCE: WHO)

This webinar brings together experts from transport policy, air quality science, urban planning, and community behavioral change to discuss:

• The link between transport emissions and air pollution (and hence health impacts)
• Innovative transport strategies (electric mobility, public transit, shared mobility, freight optimization) that also deliver cleaner air
• The role of individuals, institutions, and communities under Mission LiFE in shaping mobility choices for better air, health, and environment.

Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, transport professional, urban planner, educator, or citizen-activist, this session will offer insights, compelling data, case studies, and practical takeaways on how to integrate clean-mobility thinking into your work and life.

In honour of World Sustainable Transport Day (November 26), we invite you to join our interactive webinar to explore how every journey we make can become a step towards cleaner air, healthier lives, and sustainable development.

Session Highlights

• Is Our Commute Choking Our Cities?
• Bridging Policy and Practice for Pollution-Free Transport.
• Behavioural Shifts for Clean Air
• Success Stories on Wheels: Clean Transport Innovations from India and Beyond

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