Urban transport and CO 2 emissions: some evidence from C hinese cities

The work presented below was conducted as part of the W orld B ank's economic and sector work titled ‘ U rban T ransport and C limate C hange’. It is first a compendium of data—most of it collected as part of the ‘ C hina– GEF – W orld B ank U rban T ransport P artnership P rogram’—and also pro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Energy and environment 2014-03, Vol.3 (2), p.122-155
Hauptverfasser: Darido, Georges, Torres‐Montoya, Mariana, Mehndiratta, Shomik
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The work presented below was conducted as part of the W orld B ank's economic and sector work titled ‘ U rban T ransport and C limate C hange’. It is first a compendium of data—most of it collected as part of the ‘ C hina– GEF – W orld B ank U rban T ransport P artnership P rogram’—and also provides a preliminary analysis of urban transport characteristics, energy use, and greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions for a diverse set of cities in C hina. This working paper is not in itself intended to be a strategy for urban transport and climate change in C hina. It is the view of the authors that this research could be an input toward the development of such a strategy in C hina and more broadly. Although transport in general, and urban transport in particular, is acknowledged to be an important and growing source of GHG emissions, work still needs to be done to develop robust and standardized datasets and frameworks to support a decision‐making process. The paper is intended as a background document to support ongoing discussions about a climate change strategy and to establish a dataset to be made available as a platform for future studies and further refinement. It is hoped that others will take advantage of the dataset created for this study and use it as a basis for projections, comparative analysis, and to test their own hypothesis. Reviewers of this paper have also raised many specific possibilities and interesting ideas for further work, which are summarized in the conclusions. The authors would particularly like to thank A us AID (the A ustralian G overnment's overseas aid program), ESMAP ( E nergy S ector M anagement A ssistance P rogram), and GEF ( G lobal E nvironment F acility) who provided partial financing for this work. The authors would also like to acknowledge the management of the W orld B ank's S ustainable D evelopment units in E ast A sia & P acific R egion and L atin A merican & the C aribbean R egion for their support. This article is categorized under: Energy Efficiency > Systems and Infrastructure Energy Infrastructure > Systems and Infrastructure Energy and Climate > Systems and Infrastructure
ISSN:2041-8396
2041-840X
DOI:10.1002/wene.71