This volume contains articles from leading analysts and researchers on sustainable transportation, who provide critical reflections on how automobile-related climate policies have evolved up to now in Europe and around the world, in view of the widely recognized need to substantially curb global emissions of greenhouse gases in the coming decades. Authors describe the policies which have been most effective, outline their economic and social implications, present success stories while critically reviewing less successful examples, and suggest strategies to decarbonize passenger transportation on a global scale.

Gives a comprehensive review of climate policies addressed to private cars

1. Introduction.- PART I: Background - Automobiles and Climate Change.- 2. The Attractiveness of Car Use.- 3. 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 Emissions.- 5. Fuel Policies in the EU: Lessons Learned from the Past and Outlook for the Future.- 6. Fuel Taxation, Regulations and Selective Incentives: Striking the Balance.- 7. The Right EU Policy Framework For Reducing Car CO2Emissions.- PART III: National Policies.- 8. CO2Based Taxation of Motor Vehicles.- 9. Fuel Taxation in Europe.- 10. Passenger Road Transport During Transition and Post-Transition Period: Residential Fuel Consumption and Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic.- 11. Accelerated Introduction of 'Clean' Cars in Sweden.- 12. Making People Independent From the Car - Multimodality as a Strategic Concept To Reduce CO2Emissions.- 13. National Road User Charging: Theory and Implementation.- PART IV: The International Context.- 14. Mobility Management Solutions to Transport Problems Around The World.- 15. Automobiles and Climate Policy in the Rest of OECD.- 16. Transport and Climate Policy in the Developing World - The Region That Matters Most.- 17. Epilogue - The Future of the Automobile: CO2May Not Be the Great Decider.- Index.