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Voices on Infrastructure: August 2022

Embracing technology & sustainability in freight transport

Developing the solutions needed to tackle decarbonization in freight transport will require innovation and fundamental change.

Inside this edition

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Introduction: August 2022
– Sustainable infrastructure investments in freight transport are growing—and new innovations and markets are paving the road... to the future.
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News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: August 2022
– Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Voices on Infrastructure, which focuses on technology and sustainability in freight... transport.
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Disrupting transport: An interview with Robert Falck of Einride

– Einride’s founder and CEO discusses how autonomous technology and digital infrastructure can decarbonize the difficult-to-abate freight industry.
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Unlocking hydrogen’s power for long-haul freight transport

– As the demand for hydrogen in transportation increases, it is imperative to develop infrastructure to supply trucks, buses, and cars.
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DHL on sustainable, customer-centric delivery in the last mile

– Deutsche Post DHL’s head of sustainability for German Post and Parcel discusses how the logistics industry can work to decarbonize road transportation and meet consumer expectations.
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Mapping the way: Decarbonizing roads

– Road developers and operators have a unique position in the transport industry and can enable significant change around lowering emissions.
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Managing capital risk in the race to net zero

– How the Great Reallocation of energy and infrastructure investments is driving new strategies for managing uncertainty and risk.
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Recent Roundtables

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Sydney 2022: Scaling EV infrastructure to meet net-zero targets
– Driven by policy, technological innovation, and expanded consumer choice, the global electric vehicle (EV) market has seen incredible... growth over the past decade, and it will only accelerate.
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Tokyo 2022: Navigating the new normal and decarbonization challenge in Japan’s infrastructure industry
– The changing macroeconomic context puts infrastructure at an inflection point.
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Hong Kong 2022: Surviving the inflation and productivity crisis in Hong Kong’s construction industry
– Hong Kong’s construction industry faces a number of challenges resulting from supply-chain congestion, rising demand and... fuel costs, and a changing workforce.

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