The reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) is a highly prevalent public policy goal among European Union member countries. In the new White Paper on transport, the role of road freight transports in this is strongly emphasized. This far, however, the efficiency practices utilised in logistics firms...

Societies are increasingly characterised by increasing mobility of people and materials. Consequently, harmful environmental impacts of transport are likely to increase unless specific policies aimed at mitigating these impacts can be successfully implemented. Based on EU-level requirements for...

The decarbonisation of the economy is a well-established international trend in environmental research. Decarbonisation is normally defined as a decreasing carbon intensity of the economy, measured by dividing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions with the gross domestic product (GDP). The paper...

Foreword : from method to transdisciplinary heuretics / Julie Thompson Klein -- 1. Introduction : sustainability, transdisciplinarity, and the complexity of knowing / Katri Huutoniemi -- 2. Thinking outward : heuristics for systemic understanding of environmental problems / Katri Huutoniemi and...