Personal carbon trading - excluding public transportation - working paper - December 2006

Personal carbon trading (PCT) is a proposed quantity-based policy instrument for reducing the carbon emissions emitted by individuals. The aim of the scheme would be to deliver guaranteed levels of carbon savings in successive years in an equitable way. A PCT scheme would set a total cap on all carbon emissions generated from the fossil fuel energy used by individuals within the home and for personal transport, including those emission from air travel. It is argued in this note that for the effectiveness and simplicity of a scheme individuals should not be required to surrender carbon units when travelling on ground public transportation. This note explains the reasoning for excluding ground public transportation carbon emissions from a PCT scheme. Ground public transport is deigned to be buses, coaches, minicabs, taxis, trains, trams, and the tube.

• Authors:
  • BOTTRILL, C
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon; Policy; Pollutants; Public transit; Travel
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01121340
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 5 2009 8:41AM