These chapters provide an introduction to the methodology and an overview of objectives users may have in assessing the GHG impacts of pricing policies in the transport sector. This section should be read to understand whether to use the methodology and to determine what objectives it will be used for.

This section provides an overview of transport pricing policies and identifies the policies to which this guide can be applied. It also lays out an overview of the steps involved in assessing the GHG impacts of pricing policies, and provides guidance on planning the assessment.

In this chapter, users will get guidance on the first step of the assessment process, describing the policy that will be assessed. Guidance is also provided on deciding whether to assess an individual policy or a package of related policies and choosing whether to carry out an ex-ante (forward-looking) or ex-post (backward-looking) assessment.

This chapter provides guidance for identifying the impacts of forest policies. The guidance helps users to develop a causal chain by considering how the policy will be implemented, who will be affected by the policy, what the potential intermediate effects of the policy will be, and how these effects cause GHG impacts.

The guidance in Chapter 7 can be used for determining the baseline scenario, or the conditions most likely to occur in the absence of the policy being assessed. Guidance is provided for estimating the expected future GHG impacts of higher fuel prices in Chapter 8 and for assessing GHG impacts achieved by a policy to date in Chapter 9.

This chapter provides supplementary guidance on estimating GHG impacts for two specific pricing policies.

This section is relevant for all users. Chapter 11 identifies data and parameters to monitor over time and provides guidance on how to develop a monitoring plan. Chapter 12 provides a recommended list of information to be reported, which ensures the impact assessment is transparent and gives decision-makers and stakeholders the information they need to properly interpret the results.

These appendices provide additional guidance or literature on price elasticities, other pricing policies and their impacts, the ASIF framework and how to involve stakeholders in an impact assessment. The final section explains how the scope of this methodology was selected.