Road transport and CO2 emissions: What are the challenges?

Transport Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 71-74

  Santos, Georgina ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 C; Carbon emissions; Carbon taxes; Climate change; CO2 emissions; Environmental agreements; Environmental subsidies; Environmental taxes; GHG emissions; Global deals; Global warming; Paris Agreement; Subsidies to clean R D; Transport; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION TAX; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 85024127140     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.06.007     Document Type: Article

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