The MEP responsible for reviewing EU climate and energy policies says the Commission should be doing more to encourage better technology.
Karl-Heinz Florenz, the rapporteur for the European Parliament’s temporary committee on climate change, wants the Commission to make its energy efficiency target of 20% by 2020 mandatory. He also says the aviation and shipping industries should each be set an emissions reduction target for 2020.
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Priority must be placed on tackling bottlenecks in cross-border rail infrastructure and supporting domestic clean fuel production.
Industry claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, that more flights benefit the economy, undermined by new research.