Multimodal Transportation and Net Zero Emission World: An Emerging Research Agenda

Sustainability is an important issue in the era of extensive development in the manufacturing industry due to increasing the carbon footprint of the activities. Manufacturing activities and logistics practices emit a large number of emissions, which is affecting global sustainability. In this regard, the concept of net zero emissions has become popular, which aims to achieve a net zero emissions agenda by the end of 2070. At the same time, industries are adopting multi-modal transportation, which can reduce their carbon footprint and transportation costs. The other benefits of multi-modal transportation include lower transportation costs, lower emissions, and faster delivery times. Despite these benefits, limited literature is available on net zero emissions in multimodal transportation. Therefore, this paper discusses the research progress in multi-modal transportation and its decarbonization. This study also proposes a net zero emission framework for the industries that will be helpful to achieve net-zero targets.