A proposal for a novel urban mobility policy: Personal carbon trade experiment in Lahti city. (February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuokkanen, Anna; Sihvonen, Markus; Uusitalo, Ville; Huttunen, Anna; Ronkainen, Tuuli; Kahiluoto, Helena
• Is Part Of: Utilities policy. Volume 62(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Subjects: Personal carbon trade -- Digitalisation -- Urban mobility; Public utilities -- United States -- Periodicals; Public utilities -- Government policy -- United States -- Periodicals; 363.6
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2019.100997
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-1787

Abstract

Abstract: Climate policies targeting change in everyday practices have been weak. Personal carbon trade has been suggested as a market-based means to cap the overall climate emissions and to internalise the polluter-pays-principle, thus engaging individuals in climate action and creating an impetus for social change. Despite some academic interest, few practical applications and experiments have been performed. With digitalisation offering new possibilities, the aim of the paper is to propose personal carbon trade as a way to introduce a carbon budget for citizen-led urban transformation and discuss a practical case application from the city of Lahti. Highlights: Personal carbon trade is a downstream cap-and-trade approach to reduce carbon emissions. Emissions from mobility sector require purposeful action in order to meet climate targets. Digitalisation provides new opportunities to implement personal carbon trade in mobility. Personal carbon trade experiments help to collect essential knowledge and experience. Personal carbon trade introduces personal carbon budgets.