Issues for Transportation Sectors to Meet Kyoto Protocol and Future Prospects.

Road transportation is rapidly increasing its share worldwide due to its convenience and economic merits. On the other hand, it has also brought about serious environmental impacts including CO2 emissions and essential energy security issues. This paper describes the current situation regarding those environmental issues of road transportation with its background, and countermeasures to solve the issues. Then, it discusses recent Japanese policy and measures to meet the CO2 reduction targets of the Kyoto Protocol, which is now one of the most serious issues for road transportation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]