Transport and the Global Environment: Accounting for GHG Reductions
in Policy Analysis
Despite their many advantages of personal choice, convenience,
and flexibility, modern transportation systems are not without problems,
notably those that affect the environment and quality of life. Unfortunately,
the environmental consequences of transportation choices –
both local and global – are often overlooked when transport
planning decisions are made.
This guide for technical experts and policy makers concerned with
environmental polices for the transport sector offers a consistent
analytical structure for examining the environmental aspects of
transport choices. It defines the key economic and environmental
concepts used in policy analysis, and gives information on
technologies, environmental impacts, and cost effectiveness of various
policy options. The book also describes international financial
mechanisms that can be used to support sustainable transportation
policies and programmes.
The methodological framework presented was developed by the UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy and Environment. The work was
sponsored by the World Bank
and by UNEP DTIE as part of
the latter’s energy and transportation sector programme. UNEP’s
International Environmental Technology
Centre, located in Osaka, Japan, will promote the publication
as a tool for good policy analysis in the transport sector.
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