Climate policies for road transport revisited (I): Evaluation of the current framework

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2396-2406

  Creutzig, Felix ^a   McGlynn, Emily ^a   Minx, Jan ^a   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fuel efficiency standards; Low carbon fuel standards

Indexed keywords

CAP AND TRADE; CAR MANUFACTURERS; CARBON INTENSITY; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FUEL EFFICIENCY; FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; LOW CARBON; LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARDS; POLICY TOOLS; PRICE SIGNALS; PRICE-BASED; REBOUND EFFECT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; ROAD TRANSPORTS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TRANSPORT POLICY; TRANSPORT SECTORS; WORLD ECONOMY;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; STANDARDS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 79953317612     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.062     Document Type: Article

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