Tag: T&E
Countries Obliged to Include Aviation Contrails in Climate Plans under Paris Agreement, New Legal Advice Shows
Legal analysis finds that countries that do not include non-CO2 emissions from aviation are breaching their climate obligations. Green groups T&E and Opportunity Green urge countries to do so before this year’s COP in Brazil. Legal analysis carried out by leading environmental law barristers concludes¹ that countries must include non-CO2 … [continued]
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EU Cave in on Vehicle Trade Rules Will Cost European Lives as US Pick-up Trucks Flood into Europe
Pedestrians, cyclists and drivers are at increased risk as the rapid rise in monster US pick-up trucks on Europe’s roads is set to accelerate after the EU-US trade pact. Publication of the pact comes as new data shows America’s pedestrian road deaths are now three times higher than in the … [continued]
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Europe’s 2040 Climate Target Isn’t Just for Environmentalists
Europe can’t decarbonise the world on its own. But it must develop policies that work so that other nations can copy and adapt them. The European Green Deal is alive and kicking. With the US abandoning the Paris Agreement, the centre-right led EU Commission’s proposal of a 90% emissions reduction … [continued]
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Are Extended-Range EVs a Game Changer or a Dead-End Technology?
After the battery is depleted, EREVs consume an average of 6.4 litres per 100 km — no better than a conventional petrol SUV, new analysis finds. The European electric car market has entered a new growth phase this year. Boosted by the EU’s new car CO₂ targets, which require manufacturers … [continued]
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Green 10 to Ursula von der Leyen: Defend the European Green Deal
Green 10, which represents more than 50 million Europeans and spans all of the member states and candidate countries of the European Union, has a message for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: protect the European Green Deal in order to protect people and the planet. How do we … [continued]
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