27 October 2009 

Transport accounts for nearly one-quarter of global energy-related CO2 emissions. To achieve deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, transport must play a significant role. Now available from the IEA Online Bookshop. 

How can we enable mobility without accelerating climate change? This book finds that if we change the way we travel, adopt technologies to improve vehicle efficiency and shift to low-CO2 fuels, we can move onto a different pathway  where transport CO2 emissions by 2050 are far below current levels, at costs that are lower than many assume.

The report discusses the prospects for shifting to the most efficient travel modes and reducing travel growth rates, improving vehicle fuel efficiency by up to 50% using cost-effective, incremental technologies, and moving toward electricity, hydrogen, and advanced biofuels.

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