Tag: Transport & Environment (T&E)
Truckmakers Are More Carbon Intensive than Oil Companies. Here’s How to Change That.
T&E’s Giorgia Ranzato explains how financial instruments can be used to clean up one of Europe’s dirtiest industries The transport sector is Europe’s largest contributor to GHG emissions and the major player in driving climate change. Unlike other industries, emissions from transportation are still on the rise and over 75% … [continued]
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Fleets Electrification Law Could Deliver 2 Million EV Sales In EU — Half What Carmakers Need To Meet Their 2030 Emissions Targets
The EU Commission is planning legislation to electrify large company fleets more quickly while President von der Leyen will come forward with her Automotive Industrial Action Plan on the 5th of March. An EU law to electrify company fleets could guarantee demand for more than 2 million electric cars for … [continued]
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Joint Letter for the Clean Industrial Deal to Deliver on Decarbonisation & Competitiveness
An alliance of cleantech businesses and civil society proposes 15 measures to deliver a joint roadmap for Europe’s decarbonisation and competitiveness under the Clean Industrial Deal. This morning, T&E, alongside 15 other organizations, sent key recommendations to the Commission for the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), set for publication on February 26. The … [continued]
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How to Take the Risk out of Hydrogen Investments
“Hydrogen’s moment is here at last” proclaimed The Economist back in 2021. Today, the bubble has burst. “Hydrogen’s moment is here at last” proclaimed The Economist back in 2021. Today, the bubble has burst. A recent report by BNEF said green hydrogen would remain much more expensive than previously thought for decades to … [continued]
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Why the Car Industry Will Not Pay €15 Billion in Penalties in 2025
The debate on one of the EU’s most important climate regulations is being distorted by bogus claims about high fines. Analysis has been circulating in the European Parliament estimating that car manufacturers would pay €15 billion in fines for not meeting the EU’s car CO2 targets in 2025. This echoes similar … [continued]
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Aviation Industry Plans for Growth “Irreconcilable” with Europe’s Climate Goals
Europe’s aviation industry plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026. Europe’s aviation industry plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026, a new study by green group T&E (Transport … [continued]
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Recycling Battery Metals Could Supply 25% Of Europe’s Electric Cars By 2030 — Study
But the EU and UK risk missing out as half of local recycling projects are at risk. Recycling could enable Europe to cut its reliance on EV battery mineral imports by up to a quarter by the end of the decade, a new study finds. Materials from end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap … [continued]
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