Transport Moving To Climate Intelligence: New Chances For Controlling Climate Impacts Of Transport After The Economic Crisis (transportation Research, Economics And Policy)

Transportation contributes to roughly a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions, and as a growing sector of the economy, its contribution to climate change, if remained unchanged, could even grow. This is particularly true in the developing world, where the growth rates of air and ship transport are expected to exceed those of the EU, and worldwide objectives to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by sixty to eighty percent could be placed in serious jeopardy. This book addresses the key issues of controlling transportation growth and identifying and implementing measures that would significantly reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from transport while maintaining its vital role in generating prosperity and mobility for future generations. This book describes the challenge that transport constitutes today as well as its role in the future for climate policy. It will discuss and provide hands-on suggestions for transportation policy that will mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from transport. The book is organized into five parts. Part One presents an overview of transport and climate policy in the context of the recent economic crisis. Part Two examines the problems and proposed solutions for curbing emissions from transport in industrialized countries while Parts Three and Four deal with the developing world, with a particular focus on India and China. Part Five discusses tested solutions and provides policy recommendations making this book of interest to a broad audience of both policy-makers and academics concerned with the role of transport in reducing global climate change. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Climate Control: The Long-Term Challenge....Pages 3-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Economic Crisis and Consequences for the Transport Sector....Pages 9-28 Transport in the Past and Current Climate Policy Regime....Pages 29-37 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 Low-Carbon Transport in a Developed Megalopolis: The Case of London....Pages 41-52 Getting into the Right Lane for Low-Carbon Transport in the EU....Pages 53-72 Japanese Efforts to Solve Environmental Problems with a Focus on the Transport Sector....Pages 73-92 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 Urban Transport and the Environment in Developing Countries: Complexities and Simplifications....Pages 95-109 Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Urban Road Transport in Latin America: CO 2 Reduction as a Co-Benefit of Transport Strategies....Pages 111-127 Spatial Planning Strategy Towards Low-Carbon City in China....Pages 129-145 Transport and Energy: The Indian Perspective....Pages 147-159 The Role of Rail Transport for Sustainable Urban Transport....Pages 161-174 Financing Technology Transfer....Pages 175-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Internalizing External Costs of Transport with a Focus on Climate Change....Pages 187-207 Downstream Emissions Trading for Transport....Pages 209-226 Passenger Mobility and Climate Constraints: Planning for Adaptive Mitigation Strategies....Pages 227-242 Potential of Biofuels to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the European Transport Sector....Pages 243-269 Technological Potential for CO 2 Emission Reductions of Passenger Cars....Pages 271-287 Front Matter....Pages 289-289 Transport, Environment, and Institutions: Why Good Science, Engineering, and Economics Fail?....Pages 291-303 Converting the Unconverted and Establishing Financial Incentives....Pages 305-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-314 Pt. 1. Climate control : the long-term challenge pt. 2. Economic crisis : a chance for climate friendly innovations in the transport sector pt. 3. Industrialized countries : experimental prototyping pt. 4. Developing and transition countries : changing from followers to leaders pt. 5. Instruments for carbon mitigation policy in the transport sector pt. 6. Policy conclusions.