(Finance) – La Mobility of the future takes shape with theSunrise Observatorypresented today in Rome by Mons – National Center for Sustainable Mobility. Coordinated by Professor Ennio Cascetta, the project involves six important partners in the sector: Almaviva, Autostrade per l’Italia, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Eni, Filippo Caracciolo Foundation and Iveco Group, with the aim of promoting sustainability and decarbonisation of road transport.
Sunrise is one of the key projects of Most, alongside Freight Insights observers for logistics and Iosca for the Civil Air Force. It was born from the need to create a research and monitoring hub at European level, filling the void of systematic and continuous analysis on sustainable mobility. The Observatory will provide updated data on transport decarbonisation and will guide development strategiesaligning with Italian and European energy policies, including the Fit for 55 program.
In this sense, road transport is configured as a crucial sector, representing about 89% of the total in the mobility of passengers and 84% of that of the goods. And if, on the one hand it is therefore irreplaceable, on the other It produces a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions: as illustrated by Professor Cascnetta during the event, 92%of transport emissions are attributable to road transport in Italy, which is in the first positions in this parameter, greatly exceeding the EU average (72%), but also the United Kingdom (91%), the United States (88%) and China (87%).
From the 2019 at 2024 petrol sales have grown in Italy, with a consequent increase in greenhouse gases. Although there is a reduction in vehicles enrolled since 2020, the total weight on the ground of the latter is increasing which, together with the general increase in the average age of the car park, constitutes an element to be considered in the decarbonisation process. Likewise, The growth of hybrid (+4.5%) and electric (+0.5%) vehicles from 2019 to 2023 is still slow.
For this reason, in a historical moment in which the sector is asked to become sustainable, the Observatory intends to make a contribution by monitoring the development of road transport for passengers and goods in Italy, the trend of traffic in the various urban, extra -urban and highway components, the composition of the vehicle park for cars and heavy vehicles, the penetration of the different energy carriers and the emissions of CO2 and other polluting, both in the component from the tank to the tank It rotates, both in that from the well to the wheel which also takes into account the emissions produced to generate the different energy carriers.
In light of these activities, there are two next events of the Sunrise Observatory. In July the focus will be presented on the decarbonisation of road transport in Italy, while in December the investigation of Italians towards sustainable mobility will be made known.
“Observatories, like Sunrise, are not simple analysis tools, but strategic platforms to read, interpret and guide the evolution of mobility. Without data there is no knowledge, and without knowledge there is no decision -making margin: this is the logic that accompanies all the activities of the National Most Center”, he commented Ferruccio Resta, president of Most. “Understanding the dynamics of mobility means identifying its critical issues, stimulating progress and intervening with vision and determination. In a context in which the sector struggles to keep up with innovation and infrastructure planning, Most affirms itself as a national reference point Thanks to the synergy between universities, skills and businesses, essential to guide change and lay the foundations of a more solid, resilient and technologically advanced system “.
“Sunrise places very ambitious objectives. The transport sector in Italy is responsible for about 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, with more than 92% of these deriving from road transport. To achieve the decarbonisation objectives provided by the EU Fit for 55 program (-43% by 2030 compared to the levels of 2005), it is therefore essential to focus on road transport,” he said Ennio Cascetta, scientific coordinator of the Sunrise Observatory. “In recent years, several trends have followed unexpected trajectories, such as the increase in road traffic and CO2 emissions, the slowdown in the new cars market and the expansion of the second -hand market, the growth of hybrid cars and the stagnation of fully electric vehicles, together with increasing use of biocarbiants. The Observatory is proposed as one tool to monitor the main variables and improve forecasting capacity through the adoption of advanced modelsable to interpret current trends and estimate future evolutions also in relation to alternative scenarios and policies. It will thus actively contribute to the national and European debate on these crucial issues and will favor networking with the main stakeholders in the sector “.