https://www.transportenvironment.org/ Articles and publications from Transport & Environment - Secretariat en Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:27:19 +0200 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:27:19 +0200 https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/airline-emissions-soar-to-pre-covid-levels Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:03:00 +0200 Sophie Bauer https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/airline-emissions-soar-to-pre-covid-levels Emissions from European aviation have almost bounced back to 2019 levels, with flights within Europe even exceeding these, a new T&E study shows. The EU’s carbon market (EU ETS) is currently failing to address the true cost of these emissions, amid signs of climate backtracking from airlines.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/airline-emissions-2024 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Cristina Pita https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/airline-emissions-2024 Emissions from European aviation have almost bounced back to pre-COVID levels, and airlines are not currently paying for the true cost of their pollution. T&E analysis shows that expanding the scope of key legislation would not only curb aviation emissions, but could generate billions for the green transition.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/t-e-good-tax-guide Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:14:00 +0200 Nele Pärje https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/t-e-good-tax-guide Yearly publication analysing and comparing the car taxation systems across 31 countries in Europe.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/germany-pushes-companies-towards-polluting-suvs-instead-of-electric-new-study-finds Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:30:00 +0200 Gonzalo Cachero https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/germany-pushes-companies-towards-polluting-suvs-instead-of-electric-new-study-finds The tax incentives in Germany to steer companies towards electric cars are amongst the weakest in Europe and three times lower than in France. Poland, Spain and Italy also perform worse than their neighboring countries in designing a green fiscal system.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/are-european-countries-steering-drivers-to-go-electric-or-stick-to-polluting-suvs Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Nele Pärje https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/are-european-countries-steering-drivers-to-go-electric-or-stick-to-polluting-suvs The T&E Good Tax Guide is a yearly publication (3rd edition) that analyses and compares the car taxation systems across 31 countries in Europe.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ngos-challenge-european-commissions-undemocratic-omnibus-process Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ngos-challenge-european-commissions-undemocratic-omnibus-process Eight groups lodge formal complaint against the Commission’s rushed dismantling of key pillars of the Green Deal.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/no-time-to-waste-why-europe-needs-to-clean-up-its-mining-sector-now Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Eoin Bannon https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/no-time-to-waste-why-europe-needs-to-clean-up-its-mining-sector-now The continent’s need for raw materials is on the rise, but its rules governing mining waste are dangerously out of date.

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/is-the-imo-on-track Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:23:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/is-the-imo-on-track T&E's assessment of the impact of the IMO's draft Net-Zero Framework

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/un-shipping-agreement-a-victory-for-multilateralism-but-a-failure-for-the-climate Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:49:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/un-shipping-agreement-a-victory-for-multilateralism-but-a-failure-for-the-climate Negotiators in London agreed for the first time on a framework that will require ships to switch away from fossil fuels, but the rules as they stand will lead to a massive increase in deforestation-driving biofuels

]]> https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/renewable-diesel-likely-contains-fraudulent-palm-oil-study Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:01:00 +0200 Sam Hargreaves https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/renewable-diesel-likely-contains-fraudulent-palm-oil-study Study shows major irregularities in the reported consumption of palm residues used in renewable diesel (HVO) being sold by oil majors

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