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<p>In this paper, we study the relationship between resilience and sustainable development in order to determine the place of road resilience in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as climate action and energy transition.</p>
<p>This study shows that road resilience is inseparable from adaptation to climate change, its mitigation and the energy transition. Therefore we address the issue of adapting road infrastructure to climate change and to the decarbonization of transport. It also emphasizes that resilience of road infrastructure is a necessary condition for any adaptation strategy and reminds us that the contribution of road transport to climate change mitigation overlaps in practice with the decarbonization goal resulting from energy transition.</p>
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In this paper, we study the relationship between resilience and sustainable development in order to determine the place of road resilience in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as climate action and energy transition.
This study shows that road resilience is inseparable from adaptation to climate change, its mitigation and the energy transition. Therefore we address the issue of adapting road infrastructure to climate change and to the decarbonization of transport. It also emphasizes that resilience of road infrastructure is a necessary condition for any adaptation strategy and reminds us that the contribution of road transport to climate change mitigation overlaps in practice with the decarbonization goal resulting from energy transition.

3 Key notions for road transport sustainability: Resilience, Climate action and Energy transition

Senior adviser for Resilience, Energy and Climate, Mast Department

Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure

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In this paper, we study the relationship between resilience and sustainable development in order to determine the place of road resilience in the Sustainable...

3 Key notions for road transport sustainability: Resilience, Climate action and Energy transition

Published Online: Aug 23, 2022

Page range: 1 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2022-0002

Keywords
Sustainability, Road Transport, Resilience, Climateaction, Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Transition

© 2022 Eric Dimnet, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

3 Key notions for road transport sustainability: Resilience, Climate action and Energy transition

Published Online: Aug 23, 2022

Page range: 1 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2022-0002

KeywordsSustainability, Road Transport, Resilience, Climateaction, Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Transition

© 2022 Eric Dimnet, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Sustainability, Road Transport, Resilience, Climateaction, Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Transition