Maritime
Urban Planning and Travel Behaviour
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
19 December 2022
- Improve co-ordination between transport planning and other policy areas.
- Foster effective metropolitan governance of transport.
- Develop and implement sustainable urban mobility plans.
- Move beyond planning based on demand forecasts towards vision-led, strategic transport planning.
- Use relevant indicators to monitor the performance of transport systems.
- Rectify biases in policies that favour car travel over alternative transport options.
- Prioritise investments that improve the use of low-range and sustainable transport modes.
- Reallocate road space to sustainable, efficient and safe transport modes.
Carbon Pricing in Shipping
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
13 December 2022
- Introduce carbon pricing in shipping as part of a broader set of decarbonisation measures.
- Consider designing a carbon pricing mechanism for maritime shipping as a "feebate" system.
- Complement carbon pricing with a technical design requirement and a low-emission fuel standard.
- Use carbon pricing revenues from maritime shipping to facilitate an equitable transition to zero emissions.
- Make sure that these pricing schemes and standards cover well-to-wake emissions.
Decarbonising Europe’s Trucks: How to Minimise Cost Uncertainty
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
4 September 2022
- Ensure that policies to promote direct electrification of trucks remain technology-neutral.
- Launch targeted studies and pilot projects to assess the merits of electric road systems for road freight decarbonisation.
- Further investigate decarbonisation technologies for particularly challenging road freight applications.
- Introduce policies that help zero-emission vehicles become cost-competitive sooner.
- Accelerate the deployment of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.
- Strengthen regulations that make trucks more energy-efficient.
ITF North and Central Asia Transport Outlook
Transport Outlook, Policy Insights,
28 June 2022
- Improve connectivity without increasing carbon intensity.
- Target regional linkages and sustainable growth in connectivity strategies.
- Complement connectivity improvements with initiatives to decarbonise fuel production and energy sources.
- Prioritise service improvements and land-use development that encourages public-transport use.
- Ensure urban mobility is affordable in North and Central Asia's largest cities.
How Digitally-driven Operational Improvements Can Reduce Global Freight Emissions
Case-Specific Policy Analysis,
27 June 2022
ITF South and Southwest Asia Transport Outlook
Transport Outlook, Policy Insights,
7 June 2022
- Target road freight to achieve significant reductions in transport CO2 emissions.
- Accelerate aviation's technology and fuel transition to reduce emissions.
- Reduce urban transport's carbon footprint by leveraging public transport and active modes post the pandemic.
- Link decarbonisation and regional connectivity to develop resilient transport sectors.
- Establish coherent freight reforms for sustainable outcomes.
ITF Southeast Asia Transport Outlook
Transport Outlook, Policy Insights,
9 May 2022
- Design measures that mitigate the rise of transport emissions as demand grows in Southeast Asia and connectivity improves.
- Target maritime transport as a critical sector for decarbonising freight transport in Southeast Asia.
- Improved vehicle technologies will be important for decarbonising road transport as demand increases.
- Electrify rail networks to reduce emissions.
- Improve cross-border trade facilitation to enhance connectivity.
- Accelerate aviation's technology and fuel transition to reduce emissions.
- Leverage decarbonisation opportunities offered by urban transport.
Implementing the ASEAN Fuel Economy Roadmap
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
27 March 2022
- Strengthen alignment on fuel economy measurement as a key prerequisite for further action.
- Ensure availability of testing capacity for fuel economy.
- Build data processing and storage capacity for benchmarking, monitoring and decision making.
- Adopt and align policy tools to strengthen ASEAN fuel economy ambition.
- Align fuel taxation policies across ASEAN.
- Include low- and zero-emission vehicles in the ASEAN fuel economy roadmap.
- Target all motorised vehicles with policies that reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Policy Scenarios for Decarbonising Azerbaijan's Transport System
Case-Specific Policy Analysis,
16 March 2022
Reducing Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much, How Fast and at What Cost?
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 December 2007
The Performance of Brazilian Biofuels: An Economic, Environmental and Social Analysis
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Reserve Driven Forecasts for Oil, Gas & Coal and Limits in Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Peak Oil and the Evolving Strategies of Oil Importing and Exporting Countries
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Long Run Trends in Transport Demand, Fuel Price Elasticities and Implications of the Oil Outlook for Transport Policy
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Progress and Challenges in the Application of Economic Analysis for Transport Policy and Decision Making
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007
Medium-Term Oil Market Report: Prices and Uncertainties
Presentation, slides, speech,
15 November 2007
Peak Oil and the Evolving Strategies Of Oil Importing and Oil Exporting Countries
Presentation, slides, speech,
15 November 2007
Application Of Economic Analysis for Transport Decision Making: Progress & Challenges
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 November 2007
Environmental Costs and Benefits and Oil Substitution Potential
Presentation, slides, speech,
6 June 2007