'60-20 emission'--The unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions from personal, non-business travel in the UK

Christian Brand and John M. Preston

Transport Policy, 2010, vol. 17, issue 1, 9-19

Abstract: Relatively little is known about the composition of greenhouse gas emissions from personal, non-business travel at the disaggregate levels. This paper aims to give insights into the distribution of emissions amongst the UK population. When including non-carbon climate effects air travel dominates overall greenhouse gas emissions. There is a huge range in emissions, with the highest 20% of emitters producing 61% of emissions. This '60-20 emission' rule is surprisingly similar across units and scale of the analysis. Disaggregated data tell a different story than aggregated data. While income, working status, age and car ownership are significantly related to overall emissions, factors related to accessibility, household location and gender are not.

Keywords: Travel; behaviour; CO2; Greenhouse; gases; Emissions; distribution; Air; travel; Car; travel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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