Emissions from the transport sector are one of the major challenges toward achieving climate goals globally and in particular in New Zealand. In New Zealand, the road transport sector is the fastest growing major source of emissions despite the government’s various initiatives including the introduction of an Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), proposed clean vehicle emissions standards for imported cars, electric vehicle (EV) support, proposed feebate scheme, and the promotion of biofuel and alternative fuels. One of the main reasons for the ineffectiveness of these road transport policies is the lack of understanding of these mitigation measures from various sustainability perspectives. This chapter therefore analyzed the acceptability of various transport policies using multicriteria analysis (MCA) where benefits (including cobenefits), costs, mitigation potentials, and ethical viewpoints are considered. Preferences of a range of stakeholders are sought including the public (transport end users), and climate change and transport experts in central government, local government, academia, and NGOs. Findings indicate these stakeholders see public and active transport as the key sustainable measure to mitigate transport emissions, followed by travel demand management options, an increased price on carbon, EV support, promotion of biofuels and alternative fuels, and a clean vehicle emissions standard.
Understanding Road Transport Emissions Reduction Policies Using Multi-criteria Analysis
Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation ; Chapter : 151 ; 3203-3223
2022-06-03
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Road transport emissions , Multicriteria analysis , Sustainability , Public transport , Carbon price , Electric vehicle , Travel demand management , Biofuels Energy , Energy Policy, Economics and Management , Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering , Environmental Policy , Sociology, general , Environmental Chemistry , Pollution, general , Chemistry and Materials Science
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