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Greenhouse gas abatement potential in the Australian transport sector
Authors
Caroline Evans Member of World Road Association Technical Committee 1.3 on Climate Change and Sustainability, Senior Economist, Transport Policy, Planning and Management, ARRB Group Ltd
David Cosgrove Principal Research Scientist, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (Canberra)
David Gargett Research Leader, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE, Canberra)
Paul Graham Theme Leader Carbon Futures, Energy Transformed Flagship, CSIRO
Adam Ritzinger Engineer, Freight and Heavy Vehicles, ARRB Group Ltd
Adapted by Paul Davies Manager, Environment Policy, Strategic Transport and Infrastructure Planning, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (South Australia)
Australia's transport sector contributes 16% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, projected to grow in absolute levels by 61% from 2000 to 2050 under a business as usual reference scenario 1. Road transport accounts for around 85% of these emissions, with the remainder equally shared between marine, rail and air transport.