sectoral economic costs and benefits of ghg mitigation - IPCC

Ranjan K. Bose
Figure 2
CO 2 emissions from transport
million tonnes
2500
2000
1500
1000
North America
Europe
Pacific
East Asia
South Asia
Latin America
China
500
0
1971 1990 1995 2010 2020
The continued dominance of oil demand in the transport sector in the OECD countries reflects
the higher level of motor vehicle ownership and per capita income (Figure 3). While a
description of transport trends in non-OECD countries, particularly in Asia, is not an easy task
for two reasons. First, these are rather a constellation of highly diverse countries. Second,
transport statistics on tonne- and passenger-kilometres are generally less than adequate. One way
of exemplifying the heterogeneity of countries in Asia is to study the varying degrees of growth
in ownership of motor vehicles (Figure 3) (Dargay and Gately, 1999).
Figure 3
Registered motor vehicles (with 4 or more wheels) per 1000 people
OECD (1992)
OECD (1970)
Japan (1992)
Japan (1970)
UK (1992)
UK (1970)
Germany (1992)
Germany (1970)
Canada (1992)
Canada (1970)
USA (1992)
USA (1970)
China (1991)
China (1970)
India (1992)
India (1970)
Pakistan (1991)
Pakistan (1970)
LDC (1992)
LDC (1970)
South Korea (1991)
South Korea (1970)
Taiwan (1990)
Taiwan (1970)
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
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