Measuring and Managing CO2 Emissions of European Chemical Transport

Abstract

To meet the ambitious carbon reduction targets that governments are now setting for 2020 and beyond, individual companies and industry sectors will have to implement decarbonisation strategies over the next few years. The longer that it takes them to get onto an appropriate carbon reduction trajectory, the harder it will be to reach the targets. Many industry sectors and companies are still at an early stage in this process, analysing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and exploring options for reducing them. As the old business mantra states, ‘if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it’ and so the logical place to start is with detailed measurement of GHG emissions.