Turning the Right Corner - 9780821398357

Transport provides access to public services for the poor, opens up trade opportunities, and maximizes thebenefits of urbanization: the mobility of people and goods drives development. So how can we protect therole of transport in times of scarcer fuels, costly and harmful carbon emissions, and the rising threat ofextreme weather events? This is the central question that this book seeks to answer.Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development through a Low-Carbon Transport Sector finds that adoptingnew vehicle technologies and alternative fuels will not be enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions fromtransport: new patterns of mobility will also be needed. In developing countries where past infrastructureinvestments have not yet locked in particular transport modes, there is an opportunity to contain emissionsby harnessing low-emission modes of transport. The book argues that the transition to low-carbon mobilityis not only urgently needed if economies are to avoid becoming locked into high-carbon growth, but is alsoaffordable. It outlines how countries can combine policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with broadersector reforms that generate new fiscal resources to finance the transition in addition to carbon financingand international assistance.Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development through a Low-Carbon Transport Sector will be of interest topolicy makers, academics, and development practitioners with an interest in transport. It will help decisionmakers better understand how to contain the transport sector's contribution to climate change and protecttransport infrastructure and services from severe weather events.