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Transport: A roadblock to climate change mitigation?

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Creutzig, Felix, Jochem, Patrick, Edelenbosch, Oreane Y., Mattauch, Linus, Vuuren, Detlef P. van, McCollum, David, Minx, Jan·2015·Science

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Urban mobility solutions foster climate mitigation

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  • The road mode can be defossilized by transitioning to alternative fuels such as electricity, synthetic fuels, mainly hydrogen, and biofuels.

    “The road mode can be defossilized by transitioning to alternative fuels such as electricity, synthetic fuels, mainly hydrogen, and biofuels [150].”
  • Urban planning, street space rededication, smart logistical systems and increased street connectivity have the largest potential to reduce the need for travel, with a counterfactual potential of 25% reduction in urban energy use in 2050 considering only newly built cities.

    “Urban planning, street space rededication, smart logistical systems and increased street connectivity with smaller distances have the largest potential to reduce the need for travel 33,34 , with a counterfactual potential of 25% reduction in urban energy use in 2050 considering only newly built cities (repercussion effects in the buildings sector are included in this estimate) 35 .”

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  9. Zitierung der Originalveröffentlichung: Creutzig, F.; Jochem, P.; Edelenbosch, O. Y.; Mattauch, L.; Vuuren, D. P. van; McCollum, D.; Minx, J. Transport: A roadblock to climate change mitigation?. 2015. Science, 350 (6263), 911-912. doi:10.1126/science.aac8033

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Authors
Creutzig, F., Jochem, P., Edelenbosch, O. Y., Mattauch, L., Vuuren, D. P. V., McCollum, D., & Minx, J.
Affiliations
  • Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (DE)
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
  • Hertie School (DE)
Corresponding author
Creutzig, Felix
Venue
Science
Published
2015-11-20
Volume
350
Issue
6263
Pages
911-912
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2180157113
Cited by
576
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 89 · 2025: 88 · 2024: 63 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 1
FWCI
8.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • OPUS 4 (Zuse Institute Berlin) (submittedVersion)
  • Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) (submittedVersion)
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
  • Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • KITopen (other-oa)
Funders
EU Framework Programme 7 (FP 7)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Social Sciences › Transportation › transportation and logistics systems
  • Social Sciences › Transportation › Transportation Planning and Optimization
Keywords
urban mobility, climate change mitigation, transportation, sustainable transport, greenhouse gas emissions

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