Research summary
The transportation sector is poised to experience an unprecedented transformation, due to both socio-economic shifts and the growing need to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. While electric cars, ride hailing apps and e-commerce may have climate benefits, their implications for air quality and environmental justice are not fully understood. This knowledge gap hinders our ability to identify the best possible solutions.
As Canada Research Chair in Transport Decarbonization and Air Quality, Dr. Marianne Hatzopoulou aims to address this gap by improving transportation emission inventories. She and her research team are enhancing our capacity to model air quality and environmental justice under decarbonization pathways and to develop new platforms to track human behaviour and air quality across communities and over time. Their findings will help industry, government and communities in Canada and around the world to prioritize transportation innovations that both benefit society and reduce emissions.