Transport & Environment - Secretariat https://www.transportenvironment.org/ Articles and publications from Transport & Environment - Secretariat en Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:35:45 +0200 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:35:45 +0200 Call upon the French, Spanish and Portuguese governments to improve cross-border rail connections https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/call-upon-the-french-spanish-and-portuguese-governments-to-improve-cross-border-rail-connections Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0200 Gonzalo Cachero https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/call-upon-the-french-spanish-and-portuguese-governments-to-improve-cross-border-rail-connections The global and Iberian business travel associations and logistics company Transfesa ask for completion of key international connections between the three conutries

]]> Car bonnets becoming half centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears – study https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/new-car-bonnets-becoming-half-centimetre-higher-every-year-study Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:02:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/new-car-bonnets-becoming-half-centimetre-higher-every-year-study Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find.

]]> Civil society calls on the EU to limit new car dimensions by 2035 https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/civil-society-calls-on-the-eu-to-limit-new-car-dimensions-by-2035 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/civil-society-calls-on-the-eu-to-limit-new-car-dimensions-by-2035 Without action, carmakers are set to continue increasing bonnet height and car width – with significant negative consequences for safety.

]]> Ever-higher: the rise of bonnet height, and the case to cap it https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ever-higher-the-rise-of-bonnet-height-and-the-case-to-cap-it Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ever-higher-the-rise-of-bonnet-height-and-the-case-to-cap-it Report calls on European law-makers to cap bonnet height by 2035, recommending an 85 cm limit for further study

]]> Ocean protection means including shipping in countries’ Paris climate targets https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ocean-protection-means-including-shipping-in-countries-paris-climate-targets Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ocean-protection-means-including-shipping-in-countries-paris-climate-targets Joint press release by Opportunity Green, Seas at Risk and T&E

]]> Unlocking e-SAF’s potential for the EU competitiveness and energy independence https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/unlocking-e-safs-potential-for-the-eu-competitiveness-and-energy-independence Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:11:00 +0200 Sophie Bauer https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/unlocking-e-safs-potential-for-the-eu-competitiveness-and-energy-independence The EU's Sustainable Transport Investment Plan is an opportunity to unlock the full potential of e-SAF - the greenest and most scalable sustainable aviation fuel. In doing so, it could also boost the EU’s industrial competitiveness, energy independence, and jobs.

]]> German car industry demands the EU guts its CO2 law, despite climate consequences https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/german-car-industry-demands-the-eu-guts-its-co2-law-despite-climate-consequences Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:57:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/german-car-industry-demands-the-eu-guts-its-co2-law-despite-climate-consequences After crying wolf on the 2025 EU target despite EV sales growing in Germany, the industry now wants to roll back the 2035 standard.

]]> Can von der Leyen save Europe's car industry from 'the slow agony of decline'? https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/can-von-der-leyen-save-europes-car-industry-from-the-slow-agony-of-decline Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:01:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/can-von-der-leyen-save-europes-car-industry-from-the-slow-agony-of-decline  T&E's William Todts assesses the EU Commission chief's three biggest promises

]]> Ukraine's reconstruction will be green, transport must play its part https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/t-e-in-ukraine Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:11:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/t-e-in-ukraine T&E's Anastasiia Nahorna returns to her homeland of Ukraine. She sits down with her colleague Sam Hargreaves to discuss the reconstruction of the country

]]> Why the EU's Low-Carbon Hydrogen Delegated Act is good for Europe and the planet https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/why-the-eus-low-carbon-hydrogen-delegated-act-is-good-for-europe-and-the-planet Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:27:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/why-the-eus-low-carbon-hydrogen-delegated-act-is-good-for-europe-and-the-planet The draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder', they are essential to ensure that high-carbon projects cannot receive public funding, write GH2's Jonas Moberg and T&E's Geert De Cock

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