This is the third in a series of eight snippets about how to decarbonise land freight by 2050. Based on a new T&E study, the series will culminate in a public debate in Brussels in September.

This is the first in a series of eight snippets about how to decarbonise land freight by 2050. Based on a new T&E study, the series will culminate in a public debate in Brussels in September.

T&E, using its new European Union Transport Roadmap Model (EUTRM) tool, has calculated how greenhouse gas emissions from land freight transport would evolve up to 2050 if no new measures are introduced to reduce its emissions, i.e. under a business-as-usual scenario. Trucks represent less than 5% of all vehicles on Europe’s roads today but are responsible for around 26% of all road transport CO2 emissions.

This article by Yoann LePetit, first appeared in El Pais in Spanish.  

In the Boardrooms of the major carmakers a revolution is being planned. Companies are gearing up to replace our driven, analogue, mechanical cars with driverless, digital, electric ones. VW plans to sell 25% electric cars by 2025 and 50% by 2030. Volvo has targeted 20% and Mercedes 20-25% by 2025. As GM’s Mary Barra recently said, there will be more change in the car industry in the next 5 to 10 years than the last 50.

This blog post was originally published on EurActiv

Carbon from all sectors in the EU’s emissions trading system decreased in 2016 with one exception: aviation. CO2 from flights within Europe grew 8%, according to figures released last week by the European Commission. Low-fares airlines drove this growth, with Ryanair, Wizz Air, Eurowings and Norwegian all registering double-digit increases in emissions. These airlines are now huge emitters with carbon footprints exceeding those of some small countries. For example, Ryanair’s flights within Europe emit more CO2 than Costa Rica or Cyprus.