{"id":49327,"date":"2023-10-13T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=49327"},"modified":"2023-10-13T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:43:17","slug":"the-eu-must-take-the-drivers-seat-in-fossil-fuel-free-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/10\/13\/the-eu-must-take-the-drivers-seat-in-fossil-fuel-free-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU must take the driver\u2019s seat in fossil fuel-free transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Transportation is the connective tissue of our society. It brings us prosperity, but also rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, threatening the health of the planet and its people.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We must dramatically increase fossil fuel-free transport to avert a deepening climate crisis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Globally, transportation causes <a href=\"https:\/\/tcc-gsr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GSR-3rd-edition-Key-Insights_Module-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over a fifth<\/a> of all carbon emissions and at the current growth rate, this will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/energy-system\/transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rise to two-fifths<\/a> within a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> And yet, a concrete target for clean transport is absent from the upcoming UN climate summit, Cop28, in Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/#:~:text=uptick%20in%20deforestation-,Saudi%20Arabia%2C%20Russia%20urge%20World%20Bank%20to%20keep%20funding%20fossil%20fuels,-12%20October%202023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Saudi Arabia, Russia<\/strong> urge World Bank to keep funding fossil fuels<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is time the EU took the driver\u2019s seat \u2013 both by cleaning up its own transportation system and leading the push at Cop28 to get all countries to shift away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Within Europe, road transport accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions and is increasing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Heavy-duty vehicles (trucks, vans and buses) are responsible <a href=\"https:\/\/data.consilium.europa.eu\/doc\/document\/ST-6539-2023-INIT\/en\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for 28%<\/a> of those emissions, despite only accounting for 2% of vehicles on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Vehicle emission targets<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Next week\u2019s EU Council of Environment Ministers will discuss new emission targets for such vehicles as well as Europe\u2019s negotiating objectives for the upcoming UN climate conference in Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It will be a first test for the new EU Commissioner for Climate, Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, to safeguard an ambitious EU Green Deal as currently the transport sector is a major stumbling block of the EU\u2019s climate and zero pollution objectives for 2030 and 2050.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/2023\/10\/11\/world-bank-targets-dirty-subsidies-to-fund-climate-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Bank targets<\/strong> dirty subsidies to fund climate action<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furthermore, a concrete global goal to significantly lower the use of fossil fuels for the transportation sector is lacking in the international climate negotiations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Council should support a target on doubling the share of fossil-fuel free transport by 2030. To put the world on track to limit warming to 1.5C, a multi-solutions mobility strategy is needed; more efficiency in vehicles and systems, a shift to public transport, cycling and innovative urban planning to avoid short rides in the first place, and more electrification.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Going electric<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are three approaches to achieve such ambition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First, all global sales of new vehicles need to be electric for buses and two- and three-wheelers by 2030, cars by 2035, and trucks by no later than 2040. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Translating this to the EU means it would need to end the sale of all new trucks and buses with combustion engines by 2035 to reach its own target of climate neutrality by 2050, as heavy-duty vehicles have an average life span of 15 \u2013 18 years. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The proposal discussed at the upcoming EU Environment Council sets out a CO2 emission reduction target for trucks of 45% by 2030 (compared to 2019 levels) and a 90% reduction for 2040. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These emission targets are significant but fall short of what is needed to put the heavy-duty sector on track with Europe\u2019s climate commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/2023\/10\/05\/green-climate-fund-ambition-at-risk-after-disappointing-pledges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Green Climate Fund<\/strong> ambition at risk after \u2018disappointing\u2019 pledges<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The European Parliament, as co-legislator, can spearhead a more ambitious clean vehicle amendment later in the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Promote alternatives to cars<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Second, governments need to bend the curve on the growth of vehicle travel in this decade, by moving more trips to electric public transport, walking, biking, and micro-mobility by 2030. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This will require constructing bicycle networks, dramatically scaling up the quality and provision of public transport and smarter urban planning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While several EU countries are leading on many of these points, Europe could still do better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the EU\u2019s motorization rate growing by 18% between 2010-2020, the car is still often the default option. Metro rails and electric buses emit one-fifth the carbon of a private car while bicycling is inherently fossil fuel free, next to many other benefits such as road safety and a low-cost mode of transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Decarbonising electricity<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Third, countries also need to enhance these efforts by tripling renewable energy by 2030 and decarbonising the electricity grid which transport will increasingly rely upon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Transport emissions are veering alarmingly off course, demanding immediate action at Cop28, with the EU leading the way by setting an ambitious goal for negotiators in Dubai. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simultaneously, Europe must intensify its efforts on the home front, aligning its domestic agenda with its climate objectives. The EU Environmental Council must seize this opportunity to act on both fronts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW11616432 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW11616432 BCX0\">Stientje<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11616432 BCX0\"> van Veldhoven is vice-president of World Resources Institute and a former minister and state secretary for the environment and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11616432 BCX0\"> infrastructure of the Netherlands<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW11616432 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transport accounts for a growing share of global emissions. 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