How is HS2 mitigating environmental damage?Company sets out ambition for world-leading sustainability and calls for support

摘要

HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston has called on environmental organisations "to support and contribute to the biggest environment project in Britain". He says a passenger kilometre on the high-speed rail link will emit 8g of carbon in 2030 and will be17 times more efficient than domestic air, seven times more efficient than road and twice as efficient as the current rail system. He adds that, as the independent Oakervee Review concluded, HS2 will play a key role in the UK reaching the 2050 zero-carbon emissions target.