Climate Change & Energy

News: Good news stories

The European Environment Agency has published a report highlighting six ‘success stories’ within the road transport sector on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and producing parallel benefits such as noise reduction and improved air quality. The report takes the successes from the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Great Britain, and says they could be models for similar projects elsewhere as part of the EU’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts.

April 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | General Transport | T&E Bulletin

News: 2020 car targets

MEPs have called for car makers to be set long-term targets for CO2 emissions now and not in a later round of consultations.

April 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Cars | T&E Bulletin

News: Will ‘kite ship’ encourage new cargo sail era?

A new era of wind-powered cargo ships could be about to begin, following an apparently successful trial of a German ship sailing from Bremen to Venezuela.

April 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Help for electric

Electrically-powered cars offer a better technological option than ‘alternative fuels’, says a study by WWF.

April 16, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

News: Offsetting attacked

Carbon offsetting schemes have attracted more criticism from reports in Sweden and Great Britain.

April 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

News: After all the good words on climate, it’s now getting uncomfortably specific

Editorial by Jos Dings, T&E Director A year ago, Europe was singing the praises of the low carbon economy, and how it would prepare us for a future where carbon would be contained. Angela Merkel had just persuaded her fellow EU leaders to sign up to the ‘20 20 2020’ package: 20% greenhouse gas reduction and 20% renewable energy by 2020.

April 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin

News: Transport must help meet EU’s climate target, say MEPs

MEPs have called on EU governments to resurrect a proposal to link passenger car taxes to carbon dioxide emissions.

April 16, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | T&E Bulletin | Pricing & Taxation

News: Barrot warns US airlines they must be ‘greener’ to fly to EU

Jacques Barrot has told the USA that the EU could restrict the right of American airlines to fly to Europe if the US does not pay for the carbon dioxide emissions they cause.

April 16, 2008 | Aviation | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

Publications: EU Actions for Urban Mobility

Response to the public consultation of the European Commission on a new Action Plan on Urban Mobility

News: Airport noise rules making no difference

EU rules introduced five years ago to limit noise at airports have had very little effect, according to a Commission report.

March 12, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin