ඩුබායි ලඟට?
ඩුබායි ජලයෙන් යටවෙන්න හේතුවුනේ කෘත්රිම වැසි ගන්න කල උත්සාහ එනම් cloud seeding නොවන බව ක්ෂේත්රයේ විද්වතුන් කියනව. කෘතිම වැසි යනු වලාකුළු වලට chemical implant කරල වැසි ඇති කිරීම. කාලගුණ විශේෂඥයන්… Read More »ඩුබායි ලඟට?
Environment
Zero Emission Roadmap
Clean solutions for all: Transport & Environment has summerized the car decarbonization roadmap to meet the EU’s overall climate targets by providing clean and affordable solutions for all drivers. The… Read More »Zero Emission Roadmap
Greener Cars 2024
GreenerCars is an annual assessment of every new model in the U.S. light-duty vehicle market, by The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). It is based on a lifecycle… Read More »Greener Cars 2024
Circular Economy & Business
The circular transition raises a definite ecological challenge, as well as an economic one. Moving from a linear to a circular model in business involves a profound paradigm shift for… Read More »Circular Economy & Business
Formula E goes Net Zero
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship became the first global sport to be certified with a net zero carbon footprint from inception back in 2020, having invested in certified… Read More »Formula E goes Net Zero
National Environment Policy?
In the year 2021 Policy Planning and Monitoring Division of the Ministry of Environment sought public comments on a draft National Environment Policy. Mobility Alliance has submitted our suggestions/amendments to… Read More »National Environment Policy?
CO2 based Tax
Many OECD member countries are now applying some form of CO2-related tax rate differentiation in their taxes on either the PURCHASE or the USE of motor vehicles. There is also… Read More »CO2 based Tax
Car Companies Pushing Pedals!
Global carmakers are penetrating the electric bicycle market. Along with their push on curbing congestion, they take advantage of its value as a test bed for the future technology of… Read More »Car Companies Pushing Pedals!
Electric Car Myths
Myth #1: Electric Vehicles are worse for the climate than ICE cars because of the power plant emissions. Myth #2: EV s are worse for the climate than ICE because… Read More »Electric Car Myths
Toyota, dragging feet to EV?
We all are responsible and liable to the environment and mother earth. True that there are deniers of climate change, but the statements of Toyota should be factful, not merely on the business benefits.
National Policies?
Tesla records a million orders for a truck from cyberspace. Now Ford gets 40,000 orders for their conventional-looking F 150 lightning within a week of the announcement! I’m not going… Read More »National Policies?
පොලිසියට නව පෙනුමක්?
කාලෙක ඉඳන් කතා වෙනව පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්ගේ ඇඳුම ජාත්යන්තර තත්ත්වයන්ට ගැළපෙන පරිදි වෙනස් කිරීම ගැන. නමුත් ඒක වුණේ නෑ. පොලිසිය සිවිල් නීති සේවාවක් නිසා මිලිටරි ඇඳුම් නිල කාර්යයන්ට නොගැලපෙන බව ලෝකයම පිළිගන්නව.
බස් 6000ක දුම් පරීක්ෂා නෑ
රුපියල් දෙකෝටියක උපකරණ දුන්නත් ලංගම බස් හයදාහක් දුවන්නේ දුම් පරීක්ෂා නැතිව.
වායු විමෝචන සහතික
ඉඳහිට මතුවෙන, ආයිත් යටයන කතාබහක් තමයි, විමෝචන සහතිකය එහෙම නැත්නම් emission test එකේ තියන අඩුපාඩු, ඒක මුදල් ගසා කෑමක් ලෙස. එමෙන්ම emission test එක මුවාවෙන් විමෝචන ආයතන හිමියන් සහ ගරාජ්… Read More »වායු විමෝචන සහතික
Euro7, Ends ICE Age?
Time is up for the internal combustion engine. Even the European Commission has acknowledged that the new emission standards will be the last rules for conventional vehicles before moving to zero-and low emission alternatives so that we can ensure a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic and tackle the climate crisis effectively.
Upcoming Euro 7 regulations will cause a natural death to internal combustion engines, as early as 2025, manufacturers fear.
සේවා නව්යකරණය
නව්යකරණය නැත්නම් Innovation කිව්වම හුඟ දෙනෙක්ට ඔළුවට වැටෙන්නෙ භාණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදන විතරයි. මේක සම්පූර්ණ වැරදියි. එමෙන්ම අප වගේ රටකට නිෂ්පාදන නව්යකරණයෙන් ( Product Innovation) ඉදිරියට යනවා නම් නිෂ්පාදන / ගෝලීය ආර්ථිකයක් තුළ ඇති ඉඩ අවමයි. නමුත් සේවා නව්යකරණයට ( Service Innovation ) අවස්ථා සහ තරඟකාරීත්වය උපරිමයි.
Responsible Urbanism
Inclusive Cities and National Development By Dr. Harsha Munasinghe – Professor at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada Pinocchio was cared by a fairy after his father was swallowed up by… Read More »Responsible Urbanism
YES, EV ARE BETTER THAN ICE
Hans-Werner Sinn’s opinion piece on whether electric cars are as climate friendly as they seem generated a good deal of controversy. William Todts, executive director of Transport & Environment, gives his response… Read More »YES, EV ARE BETTER THAN ICE
කොවිඩ් වාසිය ගමු
නිශ්චිත ක්රියාමාර්ගයකින් තොරවයි මෑතදී වායු දූෂණය පහත වැටුනේ, ඉතින් ඇතැමුන්ට ඒකෙ වැඩි අගයකුත් නැහැ. ලොක් ඩවුන් වලින් පිරිසිදු වුන නගර ඒ අන්දමින් පවත්වාගැනීම ඉබේම වෙන්නේ නැහැ. වසංගතයට ප්රතිචාරය වුන ලොක්ඩවුන්… Read More »කොවිඩ් වාසිය ගමු
2070, Sri Lanka to Sahara
Human civilisation emerged in a climate niche that made temperatures comfortable. If our carbon emissions increases in the same ‘business as usual’ scenario (RCP 8.5 climate change scenario) over 1… Read More »2070, Sri Lanka to Sahara