CO₂ emissions from transport

STUDENTS IN EUROPE AND NORTH
AMERICA BUILDING THE WORLD’S MOST
FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES AT THE SHELL
ECO-MARATHON

Tackling CO₂ emissions from transport

Vehicles already cause a quarter of the world’s CO₂ emissions. So reducing CO₂ from transport will be an urgent challenge. More efficient vehicles and advanced fuels and lubricants that improve fuel economy will be needed. So will a lot more, and better, biofuels. To get there, technology and regulation will have to work together.

Government policy for a low CO₂ transport sector

Getting government transport policies right is essential. In addition to tightening fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, and stimulating the use of public transport and car-pooling, policies to encourage fuels with the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions are also needed. We are building support for these policies – for example, through the European Petroleum Industry Association and the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. The idea is to compare all fuels on a common well-to-wheels basis (which assesses how much CO₂ is emitted when making, transporting and using them) and reward those that have a lower CO₂ impact.