Climate Change & Energy

News: Aviation benefits?

Two reports from Great Britain have cast doubt on the economic benefits of aviation.

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

News: Green capitals

The European Commission has launched a search for Europe’s greenest capitals.

June 16, 2008 | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy | General Transport | Public & Urban

News: Land use model

Commission officials are trying to develop a model for predicting the environmental impacts of land use changes.

June 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Cities better than the EU?

The mayors of three European cities have committed their areas to going beyond EU environment targets on reducing greenhouse gases and promoting renewable energy.

June 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

The Commission wants people's views on how to improve consumer information in advertisements for new cars. The consultation comes after Brussels admitted the 1999 directive requiring fuel consumption and CO2 labelling of all new cars is 'not working as well as it could'. One of the options proposed is to make the rules on advertising information more strict.

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

News: Rail alternatives

Transport committee MEPs have voted for a set of rules that will require airline reservation systems to show both CO2 emissions and available alternative train journeys.

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

News: Oil price 'good'

The rising price of oil is good news, according to the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Speaking at the OECD's annual meeting, Angel Gurria said it would be 'disastrous' if the world’s richest nations cut fuel taxes or subsidised prices, as rising prices are a clear signal to consumers and companies to cut their fuel consumption.

June 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: More pressure on 10% EU biofuels target

Two reports for the European Parliament have called for the EU to abandon its target for 10% of transport fuels to come from biomass by 2020. T&E has obtained information on the greenhouse gas impacts from indirect land use change from biofuel production.

June 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Carmakers should come clean on emissions targets

T&E's Kerstin Meyer writes in today's Financial Times: To say that carmakers have reversed their stance on emissions is a bit of a stretch (report, June 4). The German car lobby and, to be fair, the industry as a whole have, rather, re-branded their attempts at watering down the European Union's proposed car fuel efficiency targets. The "integrated approach" used to be the buzzword of choice. Now it is "eco-innovations".

June 10, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy

Publications: Background Briefing on Aviation and Emissions Trading

T&E's updated background briefing on plans to integrate the aviation sector into the EU emissions trading scheme.

June 1, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy