Inter Press ServiceHow Extreme Weather is Testing Tanzania’s Electric Railway https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-extreme-weather-is-testing-tanzanias-2-billion-electric-railway-dream/ News and Views from the Global South Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:13:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 How Extreme Weather is Testing Tanzania’s $2 Billion Electric Railway Dream https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-extreme-weather-is-testing-tanzanias-2-billion-electric-railway-dream/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-extreme-weather-is-testing-tanzanias-2-billion-electric-railway-dream/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:38:20 +0000 Kizito Makoye https://www.ipsnews.net/?p=193743
Around the world, railways are considered as pillars of climate action. Electric trains produce fewer emissions than road or air transport. Yet the experience of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway highlights a growing paradox: infrastructure designed to be climate-friendly is itself increasingly exposed to climate shocks.]]>
Around the world, railways are considered as pillars of climate action. Electric trains produce fewer emissions than road or air transport. Yet the experience of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway highlights a growing paradox: infrastructure designed to be climate-friendly is itself increasingly exposed to climate shocks.]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-extreme-weather-is-testing-tanzanias-2-billion-electric-railway-dream/feed/ 0