Transport & Environment - Comments on the European Commission Transport 2050...
Brussels - The European Commission has today published its 2050 strategy for transport, including a headline target to cut transport emissions by 60% by 2050. Jos Dings, director of Transport &...
View ArticleMEPs' transport wish list contradicts smarter spending aims
Environmental NGOs from the ‘Coalition for sustainable EU funds’ [1] warn that today’s European Parliament votes on future EU transport spending contradict MEPs' own ambitions for more sustainable...
View ArticleEEB and T&E participate in TTIP advisory group
The EEB and T&E have given a cautious welcome today to the formation by the European Commission of a new advisory group on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The formation of the...
View ArticleTransport to become largest source of CO2 emissions if politicians don’t act...
The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published today alerts global leaders to the growing threat of uncontrolled transport emissions. The UN's climate panel...
View Article'Europe needs an e-mobility strategy to halt transport's oil addiction' - T&E...
T&E's reaction to the Parliament's hearing of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space Maroš ŠefčovičToday’s questioning of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space revealed Maroš...
View ArticleŠefčovič and Bulc talk the talk in hearings but now need to deliver on climate
In the two European Parliament hearings, which were clearly designed to avoid undue controversy, both Commissioners-designate Maroš Šefčovič and Violeta Bulc displayed a good grasp of their briefs but...
View ArticleEU agrees modest climate goals for 2030, but the devil is in the details
EU heads of state today agreed three modest climate and green energy targets for 2030 [1], which lack the ambition needed to put Europe on track to meet its own 2050 climate commitments [2] and will...
View ArticleEU Energy Union: good intentions, short on specifics, backtracking on trucks
The European Commission’s Energy Union strategy for cleaner cars and electrification of transport is welcome but the removal of CO2 standards for trucks and buses is a disappointing concession to...
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Transport is now Europe’s biggest climate problem - EEA data
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector have grown for the first time since 2007 while those of other sectors of the economy have decreased, data released today by the European Environment...
View ArticleClean transport NGO names new Executive Director
The Board of sustainable transport group Transport & Environment (T&E) has today announced William Todts as its new Executive Director. He succeeds Jos Dings, who this week leaves the position...
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