Cars and Carbon (eBook)

1. Introduction  PART I: Background – Automobiles and Climate Change 2. The Attractiveness of Car Use3. The Importance of Passenger Cars for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Today and Tomorrow PART II: European Union Policies 4. The Past and the Future of EU Regulatory Policies to Reduce Road Transport Carbon Emissions5. Fuel Policies in the EU: Lessons Learned from the Past and Outlook for the Future6. Fuel Taxation, Regulations and Selective Incentives: Striking the Balance 7. The Rght EU Policy Framework for Reducing Car CO2 Emissions  PART III: National Policies 8. CO2-Based Taxation of Motor Vehicles 9. Fuel Taxation in Europe10. Passenger Road Transport During Transition and Post-Transition Period: Residential Fuel Consumption and Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic11. Accelerated Introduction of ‘Clean’ Cars in Sweden12. Making People Independent From the Car – Multimodality as Strategic Concept to Reduce CO2-Emissions13. National Road User Charging: Theory and Implementation PART IV: The International Context 14. Mobility Management Solutions to Transport Problems Around The World15. Automobiles and Climate Policy in the Rest of OECD 16. Transport and Climate Policy in The Developing World – The Region That Matters Most17. Epilogue – The Future of the Automobile: CO2 May Not Be the Great Decider Index