Initiatives

Greenhouse Gas Framework

Commitments

Climate change commitments can take many forms, such as announcements leading up to an important international climate meeting, a speech by the head of state or government, and others. While not enforceable, they are signs of national willingness and intent to address climate change and offer the most practical, usable inputs for policy analysis.

Policy Assessment

For GHG emissions, the Roadmap compares the impact of policies that have been adopted or are under active discussion with announced commitments to reduce GHG emissions in the near term. The Roadmap evaluates the potential of these policy levers to close the near-term gap.

Global Gap Analysis

Transportation sector policies adopted in the last decade by regulatory agencies will reduce transportation sector emissions by 1 GtCO2e in 2030. But the full impact of these policies takes time to be realized and a sizable gap remains to reach national 2020 commitments. In order to close this gap in the near term, the Roadmap evaluates a combination of policy levers: vehicle fuel efficiency improvements, electric drive, fuel carbon reductions, mode shift, and activity reduction.

Progress Tracking

Country-by-country quantitative and qualitative comparison of predicted policy outcomes against emission trends and national commitments, incorporating benchmarking and ranking systems to indicate the relative effectiveness of policy options either adopted or under consideration by different countries.