The European Advantage: How NGOs can benefit from recent European Legislation in their work for Sustainable Transport Infrastructure. Organised by CEE Bankwatch, T&E, BUND, Friends of the Earth Europe, Hnuti DUHA (Friends of the Earth Czech Republic). 23-24 November 2005, Prague.
The European Commissioners are due to discuss the communication ‘Reducing the climate change impact of aviation’ at their meeting in Strasbourg this Tuesday (27 September). The Communication is expected to propose the inclusion of CO2 emissions from European flights into the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS).
The European Commissioners are due to discuss the communication ‘Reducing the climate change impact of aviation’ at their meeting in Strasbourg this Tuesday (27 September). The Communication is expected to propose the inclusion of CO2 emissions from European flights into the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS).
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on managing capacity at European airports. The deadline for submissions is 15 November. More information can be found on the Commission website.
Intentional pollution from ships, as well as reckless or negligent acts leading to marine pollution, will become a criminal offence in 2007 following agreement on an EU deal that sets new standards.
The chances of Europe’s airlines having to join the EU emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) within a few years are likely to increase when the Commission publishes proposals on aviation in the next few weeks.
An intense political battle within the 25-member European Commission has left the EU’s Clean Air for Europe (Café) programme officially due for launch in September but with doubts still hanging over it.
The EU industry commissioner Günter Verheugen (pictured), is said to believe the target of reducing average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars to 120 grams per kilometre by 2012 is “impossible”.
The Commission has taken the automotive world a little by surprise by launching a new consultation on Euro-5 emissions standards.
The lack of a coherent transport policy to shift goods traffic from road to rail has been criticised following the French tribunal investigating the 1999 fire in the Mont Blanc road tunnel in which 39 people died.