Cars and Carbon

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Theodoros I. Zachariadis

   Pages 1-15

3. Background – Automobiles and Climate Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. The Attractiveness of Car Use

      • Arie Bleijenberg

      Pages 19-42

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

      • Lew Fulton

      Pages 43-70

4. European Union Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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

      • Karl-Heinz Zierock

      Pages 73-96

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

      • Sandrine Dixson-Declève

      Pages 97-126

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

      • Per Kågeson

      Pages 127-151

   5. The Right EU Policy Framework for Reducing Car CO2 Emissions

      • Jos Dings

      Pages 153-177

5. National Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. CO2-Based Taxation of Motor Vehicles

      • Nils Axel Braathen

      Pages 181-200

   3. Fuel Taxation in Europe

      • Jessica Coria

      Pages 201-220

   4. Passenger Road Transport During Transition and Post-transition Period: Residential Fuel Consumption and Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic

      • Milan Ščasný

      Pages 221-246

   5. Accelerated Introduction of ‘Clean’ Cars in Sweden

      • Muriel Beser Hugosson, Staffan Algers

      Pages 247-268

   6. Making People Independent from the Car – Multimodality as a Strategic Concept to Reduce CO2-Emissions

      • Bastian Chlond

      Pages 269-293

   7. National Road User Charging: Theory and Implementation

      • Bryan Matthews, John Nellthorp

      Pages 295-323

6. The International Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325

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   2. Mobility Management Solutions to Transport Problems Around the World

      • Todd Litman

      Pages 327-354

   3. Automobiles and Climate Policy in the Rest of the OECD

      • Michael P. Walsh

      Pages 355-369

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.

• climate change policy
• energy economics
• environmental economics
• environmental policy
• sustainable transport
• climate change

• Dept. of Environmental Science & Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

  Theodoros I. Zachariadis

Policies and ethics