Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Aviation and Marine Transportation: Mitigation Potential and Policies

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• Creators:
  Gould, Gregory ; McCollum, David ; Greene, David
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Irvine. Institute of Transportation Studies ; University of California, Irvine. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory ; Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Marine transit
  • Water transportation
  • Aviation
  • Global climate
  • Waterways
  • Aviation
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; California
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  This paper provides an overview of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aviation and marine transportation and the various mitigation options to reduce these emissions. Reducing global emissions by 50 to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050—reductions scientific studies suggest are necessary to stabilize the climate and avoid the most destructive impacts of climate change (IPCC 2007)—will require lowering GHG emissions across all sectors of the economy. Aviation and marine transportation combined are responsible for approximately 5 percent of total GHG emissions in the United States and 3 percent globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Controlling the growth in aviation and marine transportation GHG emissions will be an important part of reducing emissions from the transportation sector.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23589/dot_23589_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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