Prof. Christian Brand Profile picture
Scientist. Prof at Oxford University https://t.co/0JetFU9aYd @TSUOxford and @ecioxford. Sustainable and healthy transport. Active travel. Transport and climate policy.
Jul 16 6 tweets 2 min read
Norway - the land of electric vehicles - may be one of the world's most unsustainable countries.

This is according to the Sustainable Development Index, or SDI, originally developed by @jasonhickel

Norway ranks 155 out of 163 countries

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While Norway scores very highly on the 'human development' index - in 2022, the country had one of the highest life expectancies (83.4 yrs), highest mean years of schooling (13.1 yrs) and was seventh in terms of income per capita -

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Oct 27, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
🎉Out today. #TheClimateBook, a handbook created by @GretaThunberg which includes essays on almost everything 'climate' you might need to know about.

Honoured to be among authors in a chapter with @jillian_anable on transport challenges and solutions. In ‘our’ chapter on transport challenges and solutions, my colleague and friend Jillian Anable and I argue that tackling the climate and air pollution crises requires curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possible.