Cars and Carbon Automobiles and European Climate Policy in a Global Context [Hardcover]

This volume contains articles from leading analysts and researchers on sustainable transportation, who provide critical reflections on how automobile-related climate policies have evolved up to now in Europe and around the world, in view of the widely recognized need to substantially curb global emissions of greenhouse gases in the coming decades. Authors describe the policies which have been most effective, outline their economic and social implications, present success stories while critically reviewing less successful examples, and suggest strategies to decarbonize passenger transportation on a global scale.

Cars and Carbon offers critical reflections on how automobile-related climate policies have evolved in Europe and around the world. The chapters describe the most effective policies; outline their economic and social implications; and present success stories while critically reviewing those less successful.

1. Introduction

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PART I: Background  Automobiles and Climate Change

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2. The Attractiveness of Car Use

3. The Importance of Passenger Cars for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions  Today and Tomorrow

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PART II: European Union Policies

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4. The Past and the Future of EU Regulatory Policies to Reduce Road Transport Carbon Emissions

5. Fuel Policies in the EU: Lessons Learned from the Past and Outlook for the Future

6. Fuel Taxation, Regulations and Selective Incentives: Striking the Balance

7. The Rght EU Policy Framework for Reducing Car CO₂ Emissions

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PART III: National Policies

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8. CO2-ló,