Comparison of vehicle fuel economy and GHG emissions standards around the world

Published: Friday 18 March 2005 | Updated: Friday 29 June 2007

This analsys prepared for the US Pew Center on Global Climate Change tries to compare how nine major world regions have implemented or proposed fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards. It finds that the EU and Japan - followed by China - currently have the most stringent standards in the world.

Main findings of the report:

the EU and Japan currently have the most stringent standards in the world (Dec. 2004);
The United States and Canada have the lowest standards in terms of fleet-average fuel economy rating, and they have the highest greenhouse gas emission rates based on the EU testing procedure;
the new Chinese standards are more stringent than those in Australia, Canada, California, and the United States, but they are less stringent than those in the European Union and Japan

This analysis was prepared by Amanda Sauer (World Resources Institute) and Feng An (Energy and Transportation Technologies LLC).

Click here to download the full report from the Pew Centre for Global Climate Change

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