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PODCAST: Driving the transition to zero emission vehicles – transport day at COP26

PODCAST: Driving the transition to zero emission vehicles – transport day at COP26

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It’s looking more and more likely that electric vehicles will dominate the roads of the most developed countries within the next few decades. But will the Global South become the world’s dumping ground for old, polluting cars?

In today’s episode of The Lid Is On from COP26, Conor Lennon and Laura Quiñones speak to some leading experts from the road, shipping and aviation sectors about sustainable fuels and electrifying transport, and get some of the reactions to the draft COP26 final text, released by the UK presidency on Wednesday morning.
 

Music: 'Within the Earth', Ketsa

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Conor Lennon/ UN News
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UN News/Daniel Dickinson