13/9/06 - Driving Lower Emissions: Future EU policy for fuel-efficient cars

Submitted on July 5, 2006 - 10:00

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This one-day event, organised by Transport and Environment (T&E) and co-sponsored by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and Renault and Toyota, focussed on policies to speed up progress towards more fuel efficient cars in Europe.

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Download the programme.

Presentations:

Feasibility of Low Carbon Cars (Axel Friedrich, Head of Transport Division, German Environment Agency)

The importance of low carbon cars (Hans Bolscher, Director Climate Change and Industry, Dutch Environment Ministry)

A carmaker’s view on CO2 reduction (Luc Bastard, Manager Environmental Regulations, Renault)

International Experience in Improving Fuel Efficiency and Reducing Greenhouse Gases (Michael P. Walsh, International Consultant on Vehicle Emissions)

Reducing New Car CO2 Emissions (Malcolm Fendick, Manager Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Division, UK Department for Transport)

Speech by Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment