Alan Mckinnon

Decarbonizing Logistics (eBook, ePUB)

Distributing Goods in a Low Carbon World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749480486
• Artikelnr.: 52731189

Autorenporträt

Alan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. He has been researching and teaching freight transport and logistics for almost forty years and has published extensively in journals and books. He was a member of the European Commission's High Level Group on Logistics, Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Council and a lead author of the transport chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report. He has spent many years researching the links between logistics and climate change and been an adviser to governments, international organizations and companies on this topic.

Inhaltsangabe

• • Chapter - 01: Climate change: the nature and scale of the challenge;
  • Chapter - 02: Developing a decarbonisation strategy for logistics;
  • Chapter - 03: Reducing freight transport intensity;
  • Chapter - 04: Shifting freight to lower carbon transport modes;
  • Chapter - 05: Improving asset utilisation in logistics;
  • Chapter - 06: Transforming energy use in road freight transport;
  • Chapter - 07: Transforming energy use in maritime, air cargo and rail freight sectors;
  • Chapter - 08: Decarbonising logistics at the national level: the case of the united kingdom;

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Chapter
01: Climate change: the nature and scale of the challenge; Chapter
02: Developing a decarbonisation strategy for logistics; Chapter
03: Reducing freight transport intensity; Chapter
04: Shifting freight to lower carbon transport modes; Chapter
05: Improving asset utilisation in logistics; Chapter
06: Transforming energy use in road freight transport; Chapter
07: Transforming energy use in maritime, air cargo and rail freight sectors; Chapter
08: Decarbonising logistics at the national level: the case of the united kingdom;

Rezensionen

"Professor McKinnon is making again a ground-breaking contribution. The greenhouse gas footprint of logistics is large. Reducing it relies on several mechanisms, because logistics involves many activities and participants. This book disentangles this complexity and proposes a clear framework for reduction. It identifies interventions by shippers, service providers or the public sector. The book lays the foundations of initiatives to come. It should appeal to a wide range of policymakers, academics and practitioners." Jean-François Arvis, Lead Economist, The World Bank