Climate Change & Energy

News: Environmental NGOs call on Barroso to legislate on cars and climate

The directors of ten leading environmental NGOs have co-signed a letter to Commission President Barroso calling on him to bring forward binding legislation on cars and climate change. The letter follows Barroso's intervention this week to postpone a planned review of the EU strategy on reducing CO2 from cars.

Download the letter (pdf).

January 23, 2007 | Cars | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

News: Concern over concessions on aviation in ETS

The European Commission has confirmed that aviation is to be included in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, but some late concessions are threatening to severely limit the step’s effectiveness.

December 21, 2006 | Aviation | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Car makers say CO2 limits unfair

Europe’s car makers are calling on the Commission not to impose limits for carbon dioxide emissions, saying the politicians have not done their job in providing tax incentives for cleaner cars.

December 21, 2006 | Cars | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: EU aviation emissions scheme 'too weak'

European Commission plans to integrate air transport into the EU emissions trading system are too weak to substantially reduce the climate impact of the sector according to T&E, a network of sustainable transport groups. T&E calculates that the effect of the proposed system will be to reduce aviation emissions by just 3% which is equivalent to less than one year's growth of the sector's emissions (1). To be effective, the scheme must be accompanied by additional measures applied to all other sectors such as a tax on fuel and VAT on tickets.

December 20, 2006 | Aviation | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

News: Airline industry is living in the clouds

Jos Dings, director of T&E, writes in today's Financial Times: The International Air Transport Association's response to the European Union's proposed inclusion of aviation in its emissions trading system (report, November 16) shows the industry's continued understatement of the problem and a misunderstanding about the role of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

November 23, 2006 | Aviation | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

News: Leaked report says aviation enters ETS in 2011

Details are gradually emerging about the Commission’s plans to include aviation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Although an official proposal is still at least a few weeks away, comments from leading figures and leaks in the media have given a picture of the EC’s intentions.

November 20, 2006 | Aviation | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: EC recommends legislation on CO2 from cars

A formal recommendation that Europe’s car makers should be required by law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new cars is expected from the European Commission next month.

November 20, 2006 | Cars | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Better car safety does not jeopardise emission reduction

The Chairman of the EuroNCAP new car safety organisation has said safety improvements are not reponsible for the failure of carmakers to cut CO2 emissions. See European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) press release (pdf).

November 13, 2006 | Cars | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

News: Europe's biggest car brands. Spot the difference.

An advertising campaign launched today by T&E highlights the failure by most major car brands to cut CO2 emissions from new vehicles at the rate needed to meet the target of a commitment they made to the EU in 1998.

November 10, 2006 | Cars | Press Releases | Climate Change & Energy

Publications: Measures to Curb the Climate Change Impacts of Aviation

Joint NGO position paper on measures to reduce the climate change impacts of aviation.

October 26, 2006 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy

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