Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change. Sterner is also the editor of the new book Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy , authored by 35 researchers.

Tax 239

Tax Gasoline Fuel Tax Climate Change 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

Adequacy requires the measures, in their entirety, to have the potential to meet the target while neither undermining the internal market for transport nor its affordability. The EU must push member states to align taxation levels of different fuels and vehicle types and stop indirect subsidies. June 2013).

Emissions 210

Emissions Transportation Standards Climate Change 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

By working out that the price of oil will fall when the EU’s regulations fully take effect, the study suggests that the European economic benefits of fuel efficiency have been underestimated, in general by up to 17%, according to T&E. The impact of lower oil consumption in Europe on world oil prices (Enerdata 2009).

Oil 150

Oil Standards Price Oil Prices 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

IEA fuel economy readiness index status, 2010. The policy package includes a new fuel economy readiness index, which measures the extent to which countries have implemented steps that will fully exploit the potential of existing fuel economy technologies and maximise their use in vehicles. Source: Policy package.

Fuel Economy 236

Fuel Economy Fuel Transportation Engine 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

International cooperation will be necessary to resolve problems in maritime and air transport, but action on cars and trucks can be taken at a national or state level. Europe has gasoline taxes over $4 per gallon and still finds the need to adopt aggressive performance standards for cars to reduce GHGs and oil use.

2018 257

2018 California 2012 Plug-in 257