Tag Archives: Net Zero

As teen climate activist Greta Thunberg calls for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be delayed for a further year due to the pandemic, the latest episode of The Engineers Collective explores why it is critical for the event to take place in 2021 and…

The £150M expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has been put on hold after the government stepped in to prevent the proposals from gaining formal planning consent.

The electric vehicle takeover has begun but adequate charging infrastructure is needed. 

A 30 year programme of rail electrification coupled with developing hydrogen and battery technologies are central proposals to decarbonise the nation's railways unveiled by the all-party transport select committee .

ICE Publishing has pledged its commitment to the future by signing the Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact. ICE Publishing has committed to publishing books and journals that will help inform, develop, and inspire actions for a sustainable future. The commitment coincided with World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on 4…

Main Point | Smart motorways must get smarter When smart motorways were being mooted some 20 years ago, there was general concern in the civil engineering industry about the inherent risks of running traffic along an upgraded hard shoulder. At that time we were assured that, in the event of…

National regulation is “too blunt an instrument” and stronger local decision making is needed in order to deliver on the government’s carbon net zero promises, warns a new report on a place-based approach to net zero.

High speed ignores regional needs John Patch makes some important points about our infrastructure (Your View, last month). From a kitchen just north of Glasgow, there are a few points which can be added. High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 (HS2) have terminal disease, a legacy of the reign…

Examples of carbon reduction in practice are being sought as part of the newly launched ICE Carbon Champions programme. The programme will formally recognise initiatives which support the quest for net zero carbon emissions.  Its launch is a result of the overwhelming response from the engineering community to ICE President…

We all want our planet to thrive. As engineers we have the ability and privilege of being responsible for managing capacity and the infrastructure on which society depends.