Passenger Vehicle Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards: A Global Update (July,2007 / Clean Transportation Program)

Governments around the world are currently grappling with two distinct but interconnected issues – how to reduce emissions of climate changing greenhouse gases (GHG) and how to reduce dependence on finite and often improved supplies of petroleum. This report compares on an equal basis the vehicle standards that have recently been put in place, updated or proposed by governments around the world to address these two policy goals.