A quantitative analysis of the European Automakers' voluntary commitment to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars based on independent experimental data

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2239-2248

  Fontaras, Georgios ^a   Samaras, Zissis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Road transport; Voluntary agreements

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS;

ROAD TRANSPORT; VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTION POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL POLICY; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845422851     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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