Specific climate impact of passenger and freight transport
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Specific climate impact of passenger and freight transport

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      Journal Article
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      American Chemical Society
    • NTL Classification:
      NTL-FREIGHT-FREIGHT;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Transit Energy and Environment;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Energy and Environment;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Energy and Environment;
    • Abstract:
      Emissions of short-lived species contribute significantly to

      the climate impact of transportation. The magnitude of the effects

      varies over time for each transport mode. This paper compares

      first the absolute climate impacts of current passenger and

      freight transportation. Second, the impacts are normalized with

      the transport work performed and modes are compared.

      Calculations are performed for the integrated radiative forcing

      and mean temperature change, for different time horizons

      and various measures of transport work. An unambiguous

      ranking of the specific climate impact can be established for

      freight transportation, with shipping and rail having lowest and

      light trucks and air transport having highest specific impact

      for all cases calculated. Passenger travel with rail, coach or twoand

      three-wheelers has on average the lowest specific

      climate impact also on short time horizons. Air travel has the

      highest specific impact on short-term warming, while on longterm

      warming car travel has an equal or higher impact per

      passenger-kilometer.

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