![post image](https://illuminem.b-cdn.net/article/59f4dca1b090b2fcd91e1aa2dcfaf49744b435ac.png?width=1920&quality=75)
![source image](https://illuminem.b-cdn.net/author/dcc3bd894966512de33de778fe4cb027883e3f99.png?width=96&quality=75)
Madeleine Whitestone
How remote communities should be included in the push to electrify transportation
The decarbonization of transportation systems is crucial to reducing diesel reliance and achieving Canada’s net-zero targets. In many northern and remote communities, transportation-related emissions represented over half of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2019.
![A wooden table with a typewriter, glasses, notebook, and pen placed on top.](https://illuminem.b-cdn.net/general/ivprofile.jpg?width=1920&quality=75)
Readers also like
![illuminem briefings](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F7b0adc1a500670ebde562e2ebca6d252bfb93168.png&w=384&q=75)
illuminem briefings
Green Tech
![illuminem](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F081a98f368664c625c901560e323c31816446599.png&w=384&q=75)
illuminem
Green Tech
![Markus Müller](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F2cfb391818e405dfe20b2a610f650a6c88e66627.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Markus Müller
Green Tech
![Renat Heuberger](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fa288b64b0d3d8d1bb5acf79aeb99adea87334c65.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Renat Heuberger
Green Tech
![Vaitea Cowan](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fe9e18f636885d24eacf238c069070919cf1b8e9c.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Vaitea Cowan
Green Tech
![Angelo Bonelli](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Ff6c1be29ef0ffcd1f37515a46178596df882285b.png&w=384&q=75)
Angelo Bonelli
Green Tech
![Elena Morettini](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F00c55ada7e0ce9e66d3f17b3107bc25cd4426fb2.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Elena Morettini
Green Tech
![Andrea Gori](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F372fba02dbf55eba9a788443b4e736f5ce1821f2.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Andrea Gori
Green Tech
![Markos Chrysikopoulos](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F0ec61776a8c15e3f6c8b53a83189c8a6382d7ca6.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Markos Chrysikopoulos
Green Tech
![Maria Vittoria Bassetto](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fa8aca72f17c45bea18f85342045f6af6e06f31ed.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Maria Vittoria Bassetto
Green Tech
![Nicolas Vecchioli](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F81e612f06c9fe6da0aa0fed27fb46339a4378348.png&w=384&q=75)
Nicolas Vecchioli
Green Tech
![Mirko Dunner](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F82f158aec25aa5f6b2f2171006a3aca73b656d81.png&w=384&q=75)
Mirko Dunner
Green Tech
![Maria Rugamer](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fd1d61882f960939aad2a71baab02a96826c5e7be.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Maria Rugamer
Green Tech
![Prachi Modi](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Ff897f4f2927a726fefa9e612827cbdd1d86151a9.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Prachi Modi
Green Tech
![Vilhelmiina Vulli](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fe9e2b3656305038462e351ad041dd14f1a337a3c.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Vilhelmiina Vulli
Green Tech
![Antoine Rostand](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F14e4c1ca31d6e71ba30953ee6c9767695228ce59.png&w=384&q=75)
Antoine Rostand
Climate Change
![Dirk Söhnholz](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fa4bf9d9802b7328f119f8841cd2ee7ac8310d1f0.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Dirk Söhnholz
illuminemX
![Wil Burns](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fdef018b7f4fc5f54540ffa4792a616976d3b8b31.png&w=384&q=75)
Wil Burns
Climate Change
![Leon Stille](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F22d5e4e3cdc11e8fd684a92b2b1ccdac1d835eed.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Leon Stille
illuminemX
![Roberto Vigotti](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2Fc9be54c3738b6ac378005a52fcf81b31081f1c37.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Roberto Vigotti
Environmental Sustainability
![Mark Trexler](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F1d0a942181a296ff67cb0d7204dc8ceba6bf1b6d.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Mark Trexler
illuminemX
![Jonathan Gifford](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F0b77b66763f6f6c08228ad38383ec06bbdd10b20.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Jonathan Gifford
Energy
![Markham Heid](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Filluminem.b-cdn.net%2Fauthor%2F5284b1b9662090140e1b1580f87eaa58480161ee.jpeg&w=384&q=75)
Markham Heid
Biodiversity
![The words 'dream big' written on a black wall](https://illuminem.b-cdn.net/general/bivprofile.jpg?width=1920&quality=75)