Transport sector's contribution to climate protection by 2050
Overview
Background & policy context:
The transport sector is one of the main causes of greenhouse gas emissions. In Germany, the transport sector caused an amount of 192 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2010. About 85% of it was contributed by road transport.
Accordingly, the transport sector is responsible for one fifth of the overall greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. And forecasts indicate that the impact of the transport sector will continue to grow until 2050.
Objectives:
The project thus aims at developing an ambitious, sector specific climate protection goal until the year 2050 for the transport sector.
Departing from a Business-as-usual scenario of economic, transport and technology development, the study is about to identify various options for action to lower greenhouse gas emissions. It is the aim to describe the possible contribution of transportation to the policy objectives for climate protection.
Methodology:
To formulate a climate protection goal, a detailed analysis regarding the future development of greenhouse gas emissions until 2050 is carried out. The prognosis contains all relevant transport modes (road, rail, air and water such as freight and passenger transport) and takes the years 2020, 2030 and 2040 under consideration as well.
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