Cars and vans: how to stop CO2 emissions growing?

The key results are:

• Even the most ambitious standards analysed only deliver half the reductions required from road transport in 2030, leaving member states with a large CO₂ gap to close with additional policies.
• Without intermediary targets in 2025 much CO₂ reduction is delayed, halving the cumulative emissions cuts by 2030 and jeopardising achieving the ESR goals cost-effectively.

Ambitious CO₂ standards of 45% reduction for cars and 40% for vans in 2030, with mandatory targets in 2025, are cost-effective and essential for member states to comply with the Effort Sharing Regulation and for Europe to achieve its 2030 climate goals.