Road Transport Dominates Emissions

ATO - 2024-10-15

In 2022, road transport remained Asia's primary source of transport-related carbon emissions, accounting for approximately 89% of the total emissions. Railways, domestic aviation, and inland waterways contributed considerably less, with shares of 1%, 5%, and 5%, respectively. Since 2000, fossil fuel emissions from road transport, rail transport, domestic aviation, and domestic navigation have increased annually by 3.2%, 0.7%, 2.9%, and 2.5%, respectively.

Transport fossil CO2 Emissions

Source: (Crippa et al., 2023)


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