Alan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. He has been researching and teaching freight transport and logistics for almost forty years and has published extensively in journals and books. He was a member of the European Commission's High Level Group on Logistics, Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Council and a lead author of the transport chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report. He has spent many years researching the links between logistics and climate change and been an adviser to governments, international organizations and companies on this topic.
"Professor McKinnon is making again a ground-breaking contribution.
The greenhouse gas footprint of logistics is large. Reducing it
relies on several mechanisms, because logistics involves many
activities and participants. This book disentangles this complexity
and proposes a clear framework for reduction. It identifies
interventions by shippers, service providers or the public sector.
The book lays the foundations of initiatives to come. It should
appeal to a wide range of policymakers, academics and
practitioners."
*Jean-François Arvis, Lead Economist, The World Bank*
"The UK's rising transport emissions are an indicator of the
importance and timeliness of this book. The clear analytical
approach, using the latest models - whilst avoiding complex
language and mathematics - provides practical, evidence-based
advice for a wide range of users, including logistics companies,
regulators, politicians, policy makers and researchers."
*Baroness Brown of Cambridge, DBE FREng FRS, Deputy Chair of the UK
Committee on Climate Change*
"Continued advances in logistics have enabled ever more globalized
production of goods and services, bringing higher incomes, new jobs
and more consumer choice in developed and developing countries
alike. This progress has come at a price: the CO2 emissions
associated with moving the raw materials, inputs and consumer goods
are causing climate change with detrimental effects for the same
populations that benefit from the growing trade. Alan McKinnon's
book could not come at a more timely moment. We need to decarbonize
logistics if we want to ensure that in the long term its negative
impacts don't outweigh its contribution to global wellbeing. The
book's analysis, combined with concrete policy recommendations to
reduce the carbon intensity of logistics, provide invaluable tools
for national policy makers and the international community."
*Sergio Barbarino, Chair of the European Technology Platform for
Logistics*
"This book is a long-overdue and comprehensive analysis that goes
far beyond explaining why we need to decarbonise logistics - a
sector that is expected to triple in volume by 2050. It synthesises
a huge and highly diverse literature and shows that there is no
shortage of strategies and carbon-reducing initiatives.
Policy-makers and business leaders, committed to bringing emissions
down to levels consistent with the COP21 Paris Climate Change
Agreement will find a wealth of technical information and practical
examples to help then update regulation and design programs and
action plans."
*Wolfgang Lehmacher, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries,
World Economic Forum*
"The timing of releasing this book on the market is impeccable -
with many governments currently grappling with how best to reduce
their transport-related greenhouse gas emissions based on their
nationally determined contributions committed under the Paris
Climate Agreement, and the International Maritime Organisation
recently agreeing to reduce global shipping-related greenhouse gas
emissions by 50% by 2050. The book is extremely well compiled,
building on many years of practically orientated research
experience by the author on this topic. It is truly international
in its presentation. I would highly recommend the book for
transport policy makers, logistics firms, shipping companies, local
government representatives, vehicle manufacturers, internet retail
businesses, and IT specialists working in this arena."
*Professor Ralph Sims, Co-ordinating Lead Author, Transport Chapter
in the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (2014)*
"Decarbonizing Logistics will become the reference for all
logistics professionals."
*Rasmus Valanko, Director of Climate and Energy, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development*
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