{"id":66,"date":"2022-11-19T13:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzp.usm.mybluehost.me\/adsgroup\/?p=66"},"modified":"2022-11-19T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T13:21:11","slug":"urban-rail-boost-could-support-africas-sustainable-future-alstom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adsgroupng.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Urban rail boost could support Africa\u2019s sustainable future \u2013\u00a0Alstom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

f the modal share of urban\u00a0rail<\/a>\u00a0in African cities increases to 10% in 2030 and 20% in 2050, compared with the baseline scenario of 1% today, one gigaton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be avoided between 2023 and 2050, says\u00a0rail<\/a>\u00a0mobility\u00a0solutions<\/a>\u00a0group Alstom in a new report titled \u2018The Role of Urban\u00a0Rail<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Sustainable<\/a>\u00a0Africa<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is equal to 32% of\u00a0Africa<\/a>\u2019s total greenhouse-gas<\/a>\u00a0emissions in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, 173-million additional tons of CO2 would be avoided between 2023 and 2050 if urban rail<\/a> systems<\/a> were fully powered by renewable energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A strong move to\u00a0rail<\/a>\u00a0would also see a daily reduction of eight-million cars on African\u00a0roads<\/a>\u00a0in 2030, and 29-million in 2050, leading to a significant decrease in congestion,\u00a0road<\/a>\u00a0accidents and air pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A strong shift from road<\/a> to rail<\/a> could also support job creation related to construction<\/a>, operations<\/a> and maintenance<\/a> in Africa<\/a>, estimated at about 258 jobs a kilometre of new rail<\/a> built. For example, a 60 km urban project<\/a> would create more than 15 000 direct jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alstom says the study demonstrates how increased investments in urban rail<\/a> transport<\/a> in Africa<\/a> could deliver environmental<\/a>, social and economic benefits for Africa<\/a>\u2019s growing cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa<\/a>\u00a0has a fast-growing population and the world\u2019s highest urbanisation rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The continent\u2019s urban population is expected to increase from 600-million people in 2021, to more than 1.3-billion people in 2050. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key challenge is to ensure that this growth meets the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable<\/a> Development Goal 11, which is to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable<\/a>, notes the Alstom report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis new study shows that for this to happen, African cities must advocate to develop more\u00a0sustainable<\/a>\u00a0transport<\/a>\u00a0systems<\/a>, both to reduce carbon emissions and foster inclusive socioeconomic growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith COP27\u2019s focus on implementation, Alstom commissioned this study with EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services<\/a> to highlight the many benefits that increased investment in urban public transport<\/a> can bring to Africa<\/a>\u2019s cities, supporting their sustainable<\/a> growth,\u201d says Alstom corporate social responsibility and sustainability VP C\u00e9cile Texier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is indeed demonstrated that every increase in a modal shift to\u00a0rail<\/a>\u00a0transport<\/a>\u00a0will bring better access to socioeconomic opportunities, reduced congestion, increased\u00a0safety<\/a>\u00a0and improved air quality, on top of decarbonisation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the International\u00a0Energy<\/a>\u00a0Agency, passenger\u00a0rail<\/a>\u2019s modal share has stagnated globally at around 6% to 7% for a decade, and must grow by more than 40% in the next decade for\u00a0transport<\/a>\u00a0to remain on track to meet net zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

f the modal share of urban\u00a0rail\u00a0in African cities increases to 10% in 2030 and 20% in 2050, compared with the baseline scenario of 1% today, one gigaton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be avoided between 2023 and 2050, says\u00a0rail\u00a0mobility\u00a0solutions\u00a0group Alstom in a new report titled \u2018The Role of Urban\u00a0Rail\u00a0in\u00a0Sustainable\u00a0Africa\u2019. This is equal to 32% of\u00a0Africa\u2019s total greenhouse-gas\u00a0emissions in 2019. Also, 173-million additional tons of CO2 would be avoided between 2023 and 2050 if urban rail systems were fully powered by renewable energy. A strong move to\u00a0rail\u00a0would also see a daily reduction of eight-million cars on African\u00a0roads\u00a0in 2030, and 29-million in 2050, leading to a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t