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To tackle climate change, the transport sector needs strong changes!

The Greens/Efa are involved for the following measures:
  • We work to decouple transport growth from economic growth.
  • Avoiding, reducing and limiting volumes of road and air transport, ie: go for prevention.
  • Transferring a considerable part of transport to more sustainable modes (modal shift), such as inter-modal, waterborne, rail, public/collective transport and non-motorised individual mobility;
  • To improve the performance of all transport modes, ie: build an energy efficient transport system via operational and technical improvements.

Press releases25.09.2008

Passenger car CO2 emissions

Surprise environment committee vote shifts climate protection up a gear

MEPs have voted to introduce meaningful rules for tackling the damaging climate impact of cars: average emissions should be reduced to 130 g/km by 2012 through vehicle improvements with an extra 10 g/km reduction through additional measures.

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Press releases02.09.2008

Car emissions

Lightweight vote offers only 8g CO2 reduction by 2012

The EP's Industry and Energy Committee voted to seriously weaken proposed legislation to tackle CO2 emissions from cars. Bowing to pressure from the car lobby, it voted to postpone the initial binding reduction target until 2015.

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Press releases27.05.2008

Aviation

Greens welcome strong Parliament vote on aviation and climate proposals

The Greens welcome the strong result in today's Environment Committee's vote on the proposal to include aviation in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

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Soft mobility16.04.2008

Venice train station - Copyright: Luke Daniek

EU transport policies

Laying tracks from east to west in the EU

Four years after EU enlargement and almost 20 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, rail connections to eastern Europe are still in a bad state. Today it takes 60 hours to travel by train from Berlin to Tallinn while in 1935 it only took 27 hours!

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27.03.2008

EU transport projects

Greens/EFA launch new webpage on the EU transport projects TEN-T

One of the key tool of the EU transport policy is the Trans-European Networks for Transport (TEN-T) which consists in completing key European rail, road or waterway connections. To give an overview on those very complex projects and to push for the green alternatives, the Greens launched a dedicated webpage.

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Soft mobility05.03.2008

Smoke coming out of a tailpipe - Copyright: Mike Schmidt

Study on transport emissions

EU fails to curb emissions from transport says a new report by EEA

The European Environment Agency issued a new study on the evolution of the emissions in the transport sector. Even though much is needed to tackle the growing emissions, too little is happening!

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Press releasesStrasbourg 15.01.2008

Cars and the environment

European Parliament looks in the rearview mirror for 'future' policy for cars

The European Parliament today adopted a non-legislative report on future EU policy in the automobile sector, known as the CARS 21 strategy. Green MEPs condemned the report, which ignores current challenges and fails to promote the necessary adaptation by the car industry.

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Soft mobility20.12.2007

Hybrid car - Copyright: Mark Stay

Car emissions

Putting the brakes on climate change

Read the political summary of the study commissioned by the Greens/EFA group on car efficiency which outlines the key priorities for the Greens in tackling the CO2 emissions from new passenger cars.

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Press releasesBrussels 20.12.2007

Airline emissions

EU environment ministers not serious on tackling airline emissions

The last 'Environment Council' of the year brought bad news. Like on the car emissions, the EU doesn't take real leadership when it comes to concrete actions. The plan to reduce climate-damaging emissions from airlines was grounded by the EU environment ministers.

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Press releasesBrussels 19.12.2007

Car CO2 emissions

EU falls at first climate hurdle after Bali

Green MEPs have criticised the European Commission for reneging on its self-proclaimed global leadership on climate change, following the publication of a long-awaited legislative proposal on car CO2 emissions. The Greens say the legislation will fail to achieve the necessary emissions reductions.

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Press releasesStrasbourg 13.11.2007

Airline emissions

EP takes first step towards bringing climate-damaging emissions from airlines in check

The European Parliament adopted a legislative proposal to include airlines in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. While the text adopted is still weaker than what is necessary to tackle the climate impact of airlines, it is a marked improvement on the original Commission proposal.

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EVENTSBrussels 18.09.2007

Logo Mobility

Biking / sustainable mobility action in Brussels

Move green!

On the occasion of the mobility week, Greens/EFA organise this action as part of its climate change campaign, and in cooperation with Brussels Greens (ECOLO - Groen!), cycling movement (Gracq - Fietsersbond) and ECF/ETRA/Pro Velo

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Soft mobility06.09.2007

Smoke coming out of a tailpipe - Copyright: Mike Schmidt

Car emissions

European carmarkers failling to deliver lower carbon emissions for new cars

According to a survey by the NGO "Transport & Environment" the emission rates of new cars produced by European carmakers were down by only 0.2% last year. It is the lowest performance on record.

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EVENTS19.06.2007

Transport and climate change

Proceedings of the Greens/EFA conference

A Greens/EFA conference on "Transport & Climate Change" was held on the 14th July in the European Parliament. Important presentations highlighting the problems and solutions to tackling growing emissions in the transport sector were delivered to a large audience, which was followed by fruitful discussions of the issues.The conference presentations and video-clips can be accessed below.

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Soft mobility18.04.2007

Cargo - Copyright : David Partington

Shipping emissions

Commission confirms plans to include shipping in the ETS

The Commission has said that it will draft legislation this year to tackle the shipping industry's rapidly growing contribution to global warming. The plan is to include the sector in Europe's CO2 cap-and-trade system ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme).

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Soft mobility27.03.2007

Train in a station - Copyright : Hon Fai Ng

Transport subsidies

Road transport receives almost half of total subsidies

In a report issued last week, the European Environmental Agency quantified the transport subsidies in Europe.It concludes that environmental objectives are "not a significant motivation" for the majority of subsidies...

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Press releasesBrussels 07.02.2007

Car emissions

Proposal on car emissions tailored to the demands of German carmakers

A proposal from the European Commission to set binding limits for CO2 emissions from cars was scaled back after lobbying from the German car industry. The Greens have called for the European Parliament to strengthen the legislation when it deals with the proposal under co-decision.

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Press releasesBrussels 31.01.2007

Car emissions and fuels

Fuels directive diverts attention from the cars that guzzle the gas

The European Commission today presented its proposal for a directive on fuel quality but continues to delay the more important proposal on CO2 emissions legislation for cars. Greens criticised this delay and the illusion that fuel from plants are the answer to our climate problems.

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Press releasesBrussels 20.12.2006

Emissions trading

EU aviation plan "a hugely wasted opportunity"

The European Commission presented its proposal to include the CO2 emissions from aviation into the EU's emissions trading scheme ETS. Unfortunately the plans are too weak to substantially reduce the climate impact of this sector

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Press releasesBrussels 19.12.2006

Emissions trading

EU aviation plan 'a watered down disaster’

Leaks of European Commission proposals to include airlines in the EU’s emissions trading scheme suggest the Commission has backed down on key elements of the legislation, severly undermining its potential impact on reducing climate change, the European Parliament’s spokesperson on aviation and climate change has warned.

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Soft mobility08.12.2006

Smoke coming out of a tailpipe - Copyright: Mike Schmidt

EU transport funding plans

EU funds massively invested in road and motorways in the new member states

According to a new research released by Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network, EU transport funding in the 10 central and eastern European countries will be invested at 52% in climate-damaging road and motorways projects.

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Soft mobility14.11.2006

A Boeing 747 being refueled - Copyright: Christoph Ermel

Aviation and climate change

New EU air control system SESAR

Today the European Parliament votes on a new air traffic management system for Europe (SESAR). This system must also play a role in limiting climatic impact of aviation.

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Soft mobility21.09.2006

Smoke coming out of a tailpipe - Copyright: Mike Schmidt

Vehicle emissions

California sues car groups over emissions

While tomorrow 22 September, the EU will organize its "car-free" day, California launched a legal offensive against six of the world's biggest carmakers, saying their vehicles add to global warming and cost the state billions of dollars to fight pollution and erosion.

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Press releasesBrussels 14.09.2006

Car pollution rules (Euro 5)

Parliament puts the brakes on cleaner vehicle technology

The European Parliament Environment Committee adopted yesterday, 13 september, a report on emissions regulations for passenger cars, Euro 5, which concerns limit values on new passenger car pollutant emissions.

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Press releasesStrasbourg 05.09.2006

Taxing car pollution

EU car taxes should penalise gas-guzzlers for the fumes they belch.

The European Parliament adopted today in Strasbourg a report proposing an EU passenger car tax scheme, which would take account of the cars' CO2 emissions.

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TransportBrussels 15.07.2006

Soft mobility

Measures for a climate-friendly transport policy in Europe

The Greens/EFA soft mobility paper, commissioned by Michael Cramer MEP, outlines practical measures aimed at reducing oil consumption, as a result cutting transport-induced climatic pollution. (pdf)

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Press releasesBrussels 25.04.2006

Car taxation

Progressive car tax regimes fall victim of big groups in Parliament

The European Parliament's Environment Committee had to vote today on an opinion linking car taxation to CO2 emissions. This proposal requested member states to ensure that any changes to tax regimes would effectively favour more fuel efficient vehicles.

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Soft mobility30.03.2006

EU needs a new approach to transport policy

Transport growth report from the European Environment Agency

Transport growth in the EU has increasingly serious consequences for the environment, the climate and health, according to a report on transport growth in the EU presented by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Tuesday 29 March.

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Soft mobility24.03.2006

Transport and Biofuels

Conference in Stockholm on 25th and 26th March

Swedish Greens are organizing together with the European Green Party and the Greens in the European Parliament a seminar on Transport and Biofuels.

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Soft mobility10.02.2006

A Boeing 747 being refueled - Copyright: Christoph Ermel

Aviation

Don't take off our CO2 emissions - Take the train! Aviation is the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Innovative solutions can help to face it.

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Soft mobility10.02.2006

Cargo - Copyright : David Partington

Freight

It is not only people who travel around the world! Most of the products we buy in our shops made a long unnecessary trip. Buy rather local!

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Soft mobility10.02.2006

Pedestrian and Bike Lane - Copyright: Tong Tongkham

Mobility in urban areas - Cars

Moving is a basis of our daily life but do you really need your car ?

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Soft mobility10.02.2006

Bike and feet - Copyright : Jostein Hauge

Soft mobility

Go for a clean, intelligent and healthy mobility!

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