by Bhavani Srinivasan | Jun 20, 2023 | Position & Policy Papers
The Heavy Duty Vehicles CO2 Emission Standard is an EU initiative under the EU Green Deal to clean the heavy transport sector; a sector comprising only 2% of Europe’s transport, but responsible for 28% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from transport. The...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 5, 2022 | Statements
This article has been updated on 21 June 2022. On 30 May, a group of over 50 NGOs from across Europe have co-signed a letter addressed to MEPs ahead of their vote on car and van CO2 laws on June 7. They appeal for higher CO2 targets for carmakers as a mean to speed up...
by EPHA | Dec 18, 2018 | Statements
The European Parliament, Commission and Council have now reached an agreement to cut CO2 emissions from new cars and vans by 15% in 2025 and 37.5% in 2030. Although the deal waters down the ambitious proposal by the European Parliament, the 37.5% cut by 2030 improves...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 31, 2018 | Opinion
The inter-institutional negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission (known in EU jargon as the trialogue) aimed at finalising EU legislation to set mandatory CO2 emission reduction targets for new cars,...
by EPHA | Oct 8, 2018 | Statements
Support the European Parliament decision on CO2 targets Protect public health from transport-related air pollution Dear Minister for the Environment Ahead of tomorrow’s vote at the Council of the European Union on emission performance standards for new passenger cars...
