EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Council of Ministers TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT REVIEW OF CO2 ABATEMENT POLICIES FOR THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

Ministers noted the report and agreed to the thrust of its conclusions and recommendations. Introduction This report reviews the progress ECMT and OECD countries have made in reducing transport sector CO 2 emissions and makes recommendations for the focus of future policies. National communications under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other recent policy statements were used to assemble a database of over 400 abatement policies introduced or under development. This reveals that transport sector CO 2 emissions steadily increased over the last ten years despite significant efforts to cut them in some countries. Assuming real household disposable incomes continue to grow at a faster rate than the real cost of transport this trend is likely to continue. Slowing the growth of transport sector CO 2 emissions would require more government action and an increasingly pro-active role from transport sector industries in improving energy efficiency.