The Growth of Transport Sector CO2 Emissions and Underlying Factors in Latin America and the Caribbean

This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2005 by decomposing the emissions growth into components associated with changes in fue...

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Main Authors:	Timilsina, Govinda R., Shrestha, Ashish
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AIR AIR POLLUTION APPROACH AVIATION FUEL AVIATION GASOLINE BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER GENERATION BUS CAR CAR TRAVEL CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON INTENSITY CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES CO2 CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COMBUSTION CONGESTION CHARGES CONGESTION REDUCTION CONSUMER OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF FUEL DIESEL DIESEL ENGINES DIESEL OIL DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT DOMESTIC AVIATION DRIVERS DRIVING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EI ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR EMISSION EMISSION CHANGES EMISSION COEFFICIENTS EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION INTENSITIES EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY CONVERSION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE ETHANOL FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FREIGHT FUEL FUEL COMBUSTION FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL ECONOMY FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL MIX FUEL OIL FUEL PRICES FUEL SWITCHING FUEL TYPE FUEL USE GAS PIPELINE GASES GASIFICATION GASOLINE GASOLINE PRICE GASOLINE PRICES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAY HYDROPOWER INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INLAND WATERWAYS INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KEROSENE LATIN AMERICAN LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES MEMBER STATES MODAL SHIFT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR CARRIERS MOTOR GASOLINE NATIONAL ENERGY NATURAL GAS NOX OIL AND GAS OIL COMPANY PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PETROLEUM REFINING PIPELINE PIPELINE TRANSPORT POLLUTION POWER POWER CONSUMPTION POWER GENERATION POWER INDUSTRY POWER SECTOR POWER SECTORS PRICE OF DIESEL PRICE OF GASOLINE PRIMARY SOURCES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAIL RAIL TRANSPORT RESIDUAL FUEL RESIDUAL FUEL OIL ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD TRANSPORT SOURCE OF FUEL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT MODE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SECTOR EMISSIONS TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION FUELS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URBAN CENTERS UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY VEHICLE VEHICLE EFFICIENCY VEHICLE FUEL VEHICLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9892230/growth-transport-cector-co2-emissions-underlying-factors-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6963