Reducing CO2 Emissions from New Cars: A Study of Major Car Manufacturers’ Progress in 2006

Transport is the worst performing sector under ‘Kyoto’ and seriously jeopardises the achievement of the targets. Transport CO₂ emissions in the EU grew by 32% between 1990 and 2005. Other sectors reduced their emissions by 9.5% on average over the same period. The share of transport in CO₂ emissions was 21% in 1990, but by 2005 this had grown to 27%. Emissions from so-called ‘light duty vehicles’ (passenger cars and vans) are responsible for approximately half of this.