- Date
- 29 July 2020
- Time
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Overview
Although rail is already the lowest carbon mode of transport, there is a lot to be done to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.
Guest speaker, David Clarke, author of the RIA Electrification Cost Challenge, will:
- Show how electrification can, and is, being delivered efficiently
- Examine the scale of the decarbonisation challenge
- Discuss a possible strategy for deploying electrification and zero-carbon rolling stock
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