Denmark's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change

Denmark's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change

TABLE 4.20 MEASURES TO LIMIT CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

Source: Ministry of Transport and Energy and Denmark's CO₂ emissions - the effort in the period 1990-2001 and the associated costs

Name of measure or initiative	Objective	GHG affected	Type of instrument	Status for implementation	Implementing entity/player	CO₂ reduction in 2001	Average annual CO₂ reduction for 2008-2012
The transport sector						Mill. tonnes CO₂	Mill. tonnes CO₂
Higher fuel taxes²					Ministry of Taxation	1.2	1.2
Green owner tax on motor vehicles	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Economic	Implemented	Ministry of Taxation	¹	¹
Information campaign on fuel consumption of new cars	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Information	Implemented and completed	Road Safety and Transport Agency
Energy-correct driving technique	More efficient energy consumption CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Information	Included in driving courses	Ministry of Justice
Initiative on enforcing speed limits	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Information, economic	Implemented	Ministry of Justice
Establishment of intermodal installations	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Economic (financial)	Ongoing implementation	Ministry of Transport, counties, municipalities, HUR, DSB
Promotion of environmentally friendly goods transport	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂	CO₂ reduction	Economic (financial), information	Implemented	EPA, haulage contractors
Reduced travel times for public transport	More efficient energy consumption, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Regulatory (Administrative)	Ongoing implementation	Ministry of Transport, counties, DSB
Spatial planning	Limitation of transport, CO₂ reduction	CO₂	Regulatory (Administrative)	Ongoing implementation	Counties, munici-palities

1 The effect of the various initiatives to improve the energy efficiency of cars, which in addition to the voluntary agreement with the motor industry includes the green car owner tax, information campaigns, energy labelling etc. was estimated in the Effort Analysis at 0.2 mill. tonnes CO₂ in 2001 and 0.6 mill. tonnes CO₂ per year in 2008-2012 cf. Annex B2.

2 The reduction from the increased taxes on energy products such as fuel has been estimated for 2001. The reduction for 2008-12 is based on taxes on fuel remaining unchanged in real terms and demand not changing.