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Fuel taxes and beyond : UK transport and climate change
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posted on 2008-06-04, 15:35 authored by Stephen Potter, Marcus EnochMarcus Enoch, Malcolm FergussonThe starting point for this report is climate change, and strategies to tackle it. Transport is one of
the fastest growing sources of emissions – especially carbon dioxide (CO2) – contributing to
climate change. Scientific advice, notably from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC, Houghton et al, 1990) and, more recently, from the Royal Commission on
Environmental Pollution (RCEP 2000), is that, to stabilise atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide, emissions need to be cut to 40 per cent of their 1990 level by 2050. This report assumes
that the transport sector will need to contribute a proportionate cut, and explains how this might
best be done. Its focus is surface transport, since the issues and implications of aviation
emissions are very different and will need to be addressed through different policy levers.
Funding
WWF and Transport 2000
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
POTTER, S., ENOCH, M.P. and FERGUSSON, M., 2001. Fuel taxes and beyond : UK transport and climate change. A report for WWF and Transport 2000. Available from: http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/t2000full01.pdf [Accessed 04/06/08]Publisher
WWF and Transport 2000Publication date
2000Notes
This is a report.Language
- en