Logistics accounts for around 9-10% of global CO2 emissions and will be one of the hardest economic sectors to decarbonize. This is partly because the demand for freight transport is expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, but also because it relies very heavily on fossil fuel. Decarbonizing Logistics outlines the nature and extent of the challenge we face in trying to achieve deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from logistical activities. It makes a detailed assessment of the available options, including restructuring supply chains, shifting freight to lower carbon transport modes and transforming energy use in the logistics sector. The options are examined from technological and managerial standpoints for all the main freight transport modes.
Based on an up-to-date review of almost 600 publications and containing new analytical frameworks and research results, Decarbonizing Logistics is the first to provide a global, multi-disciplinary perspective on the subject. It is written by one of the foremost specialists in the field who has spent many years researching the links between logistics and climate change and been an adviser to governments, international organizations and companies on the topic.
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INDEX
3D printing 72
5Ms of logistical collaboration 148–149
10C approach 29–66
calculating emissions 34–43
calibration 65
carbon offsetting 63–64
choosing appropriate actions 60–63
collaborative decarbonization 54–56
committing to targets 43–47
considering options 47–54
corporate motivation/leadership 29–34
cost evaluation 56–60
cutting emissions 64–65
see also strategy formulation
absolute targets 43
ACC see adaptive cruise control
actioning, strategy formulation 60–63
activity, system boundary 37
activity-based measurement approach 39–40
Activity–Structure–Intensity–Fuel (ASIF) framework 20–21, 23
adaptation to climate change 5, 27, 47, 67, 90–92
adaptive cruise control (ACC) 170
ADAS see advanced driver assistance system
additive manufacturing 71–72
advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) 170
aerodynamics, energy efficiency 166–168, 219
air cargo 113–116
carbon offsetting 64
emissions 212
empty running data 137–138
energy usage 2...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 01 Climate change: the nature and scale of the challenge
- 02 Formulating a decarbonization strategy for logistics
- 03 Reducing freight transport intensity
- 04 Shifting freight to lower-carbon transport modes
- 05 Improving asset utilization in logistics
- 06 Transforming energy use in the road freight sector
- 07 Transforming energy use in the maritime, air cargo and rail freight sectors
- 08 Decarbonizing logistics at the national level: the case of the United Kingdom
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backcover
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