Energy efficiency and climate change considerations for on-road transport in Asia

Stabilizing and reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations is essential to global sustainability and this will require intensified and ongoing efforts to increase overall global energy efficiency and a shift from fossil fuels to non-carbon energy sources. The improvements in global energy efficiency need to be achieved in a context of a growing population and economy. In July 2005, the Group of Eight (G8) adopted the Gleneagles