Cars and Carbon: Automobiles and European Climate Policy in a Global Context

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Attractiveness of Car Use....Pages 19-42
The Importance of Passenger Cars for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Today and Tomorrow....Pages 43-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
The Past and the Future of EU Regulatory Policies to Reduce Road Transport Carbon Emissions....Pages 73-96
Fuel Policies in the EU: Lessons Learned from the Past and Outlook for the Future....Pages 97-126
Fuel Taxation, Regulations and Selective Incentives: Striking the Balance....Pages 127-151
The Right EU Policy Framework for Reducing Car CO 2 Emissions....Pages 153-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
CO 2 -Based Taxation of Motor Vehicles....Pages 181-200
Fuel Taxation in Europe....Pages 201-220
Passenger Road Transport During Transition and Post-transition Period: Residential Fuel Consumption and Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic....Pages 221-246
Accelerated Introduction of ‘Clean’ Cars in Sweden....Pages 247-268
Making People Independent from the Car – Multimodality as a Strategic Concept to Reduce CO 2 -Emissions....Pages 269-293
National Road User Charging: Theory and Implementation....Pages 295-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Mobility Management Solutions to Transport Problems Around the World....Pages 327-354
Automobiles and Climate Policy in the Rest of the OECD....Pages 355-369
Transport and Climate Policy in the Developing World – The Region that Matters Most....Pages 371-391
Epilogue – The Future of the Automobile: CO 2 May Not Be the Great Decider....Pages 393-415
Back Matter....Pages 417-421