Transportation

ISSUES

Energy and transportation

In 2005, 58% of global demand for oil products (excluding electricity) was for transport. This compares with 36% in 1973. Worldwide oil demand is predicted to increase by around 1.3% per year during the period 2004-2030, with a 0.6% increase in annual demand from the OECD zone and approximately 3% growth from China and India. Two thirds of this increase will be used for transport, principally by road. According to a report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2006 saw an 8% increase in international trade in goods across all modes of transport. This breaks down into growth rates of 4% for rail, 4.5% for road and 4.3% for maritime trade. In 2005, transport was responsible for 27% of total global greenhouse gas emissions (up from 21% in 1990), three-quarters of which arose from road transport. According to the European Commission on Transport, emissions from transport will increase three times faster than other...

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DEBATES

What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.?

Elisabeth Rosenthal

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FOCUS

Carbon compensation

Faute de réduire ses émissions, une solution consiste à les « compenser ». C’est-à-dire permettre une réduction d’ampleur similaire ailleurs. Planter des arbres – qui absorbent du carbone- pour compenser les...

VIDEOS

11/05/2010	Plus de 700 000 vélos sont volés chaque année aux Pays-Bas. Pourtant, le...	16/04/2010	Last month, We Are Futureproof hit the streets in London to ask whether...
11/03/2010	On the small Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of governments,...	10/03/2010	Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder...

GREEN TIPS

The city's employees on bicycles

In 1997, the city of Grenoble decided to put bicycles at the disposal of its employees. This initiative gave...

INDICATORS

Carbon dioxide emissions
Renewable energy in the energy mix
Total Primary Energy Supply

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