Per Kågeson

Per Kågeson (born 14April 1947 in Trollhättan) is a Swedish author, scientist, debater and consultant within the area of environmental protection. During the 1970s and '80s, Kågeson was a leading representative for the opposition of nuclear energy.

Biography Per Olof Ragnar Kågeson holds a PhD in environment and energy system analysis from the Lund University and is the author of more than 30 books. He was professor in environment system analysis at the Centre for Transport Studies of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and part-time director of Nature Associates, a small private consultancy. Several of his reports and papers deal with the environmental problems of international shipping. He is also the author of books on nuclear power and on the environmental aspects of power production in general.

As president of the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) in 1992, In 2015, it was revealed that the Volkswagen Group had used precisely this type of cycle-beating in more than 11 million vehicles, to allow them much higher emissions of nitrogen oxides when used in real traffic compared to when being driven according to the test cycle. Electronic Kilometre Charging for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Europe (with Jos Dings), Brussels, European Federation for Transport and Environment, 1999 The Drive for Less Fuel, Will the motor industry be able to honour its commitment to the European Union?, Brussels: European Federation for Transport and Environment, 2000 The Impact of Emissions Trading on the European Transport Sector, Stockholm: The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA Report VR 2001:17. Linking Emissions from International Shipping to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, 2007 Tools for Cutting European Transport Emissions. Emissions Trading or Fuel Taxation?, Stockholm: SNS, 2008, Applying the Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility to the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from International Shipping. Stockholm: Centre for Transport Studies, CTS Working Paper 2011:5 Market-based Instruments for NOx Abatement in the Baltic Sea, Brussels: Airclim, EEB and T&E, 2009, "Can high speed rail offset its embedded emissions?" (with Jonas Westin). Transportation Research Part D, 17 (2012) 1–7,