Transport needs to avoid becoming the nation’s biggest emitter

Without dramatic changes, this may be the last industry to decarbonise. Aurizon, the winner of the Logistics and Transport category, aims to change that with its electric locomotive.

Agnes King

Jul 9, 2024 – 5.00am

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Demand for low or zero emission logistics is ratcheting up, the nation’s major transport operators say. But the cost is making it impossible to pull out all the stops to replace fossil-fuel fleets.

They fear that unless dramatic changes occur within the next two years, transport may be the last industry to decarbonise.