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Understanding Drivers of Decoupling of Global Transport CO2 Emissions from Economic Growth : Evidence from 145 Countries (English)

This paper examines the extent to which countries have succeeded in decoupling transport emissions from economic growth, and how changes in emissions intensity, economic growth, and population growth have contributed to changes in transportation-related emissions. The paper employs a modified version of the Tapio decoupling model, and demonstrates that over the 1990–2018 study period only 12 of 145 countries achieved “absolute...
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Foster,Vivien; Dim,Jennifer Uju; Vollmer,Sebastian; Zhang,Fan.

Understanding Drivers of Decoupling of Global Transport CO2 Emissions from Economic Growth : Evidence from 145 Countries (English). Policy Research working paper,no. WPS 9809 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/766991634561185532/Understanding-Drivers-of-Decoupling-of-Global-Transport-CO2-Emissions-from-Economic-Growth-Evidence-from-145-Countries

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