27/05/2025
Climate-Linked Health Crisis Worsens — Is Our Transport Policy Keeping Up?
A new study reveals a disturbing rise in cancer risk among women in the Middle East, directly linked to rising temperatures and worsening air quality. Saudi Arabia’s ride-hailing sector alone clocked 27.9 million trips in Q1 2025, reflecting booming mobility but at what cost?
Current MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) frameworks still rely on outdated emissions estimates and static fleet averages, failing to account for real-time usage, route inefficiencies, or thermal exposure spikes in urban areas.
At , we believe that transportation MRV must evolve not just for carbon accountability, but for climate-linked health protection.
Mobility isn't just a logistics issue anymore. It's a public health frontier.
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Study of 17 countries links higher rates to rising temperatures