01676080

Component

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/177088.aspx

The transportation sector accounts for about 14% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as it lacks diversity and stands out by its almost complete dependence (95%) on oil. This historical dependence on a single energy source is one reason that transportation is likely the hardest sector to decarbonize. However, cities, regions, and countries around the world are beginning to implement policies and projects that provide substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to other benefits. Policy and governance at all levels of government play a critical role in supporting and promoting current and future efforts at GHG reduction. For purposes of this paper, governance is defined as the rules, norms, and actions that each governing body uses to produce, sustain, and regulate decisions. The objective of this paper is to provide some brief context around the key questions that will be used to develop answers (and more questions) from the participants in the Fifth EU-U.S. Transportation Research Symposium, Decarbonizing Transport for a Sustainable Future: Mitigating Impacts of the Changing Climate.

01661592

English

pp 68-73

2017

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Fifth EU-U.S. Transportation Research Symposium

9780309460453

Digital/other

Tables

Climate change; Conferences; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Environmental protection

Environment; Highways; Policy

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 20 2018 10:59AM

• Breaking Silos and Human Cocreation on Multiple Levels: The Key to Transforming the Current Sociotechnical Transport System Regime?
• Decarbonizing the Logistics and Long-Distance Transportation of Freight
• Decarbonizing Transport for a Sustainable Future: Mitigating Impacts of the Changing Climate
• Megaregions: Policy, Research, Practice