Mitigation of road transport carbon emissions in Argentina

Abstract

This study describes a model to calculate energy consumption and CO 2 emissions into the atmosphere by the road transport sector in Argentina from 1960 to 2050. The model analyses different mitigation scenarios to determine effective options to produce a sensitive decrease in carbon emissions. The results of this study show that by reducing the use of private vehicles while increasing the use of public transport, combined with a high rate of conversion of gasoline vehicles into hybrid electric vehicles, CO 2 emissions could be reduced up to 9% (or 7.7 Tg). However, without further technological improvements and higher modal transfer to low carbon/less energy-intensive modes, it will be difficult to obtain emission stabilisation of transport emissions under 80 Tg by 2050, which represent approximately twice the current values.