More and more cars are driving on Europe's roads, and delivery traffic is increasing. CO2 emissions from road transport in the EU continue to rise despite climate targets. This has serious global consequences. Every day, CO2 emissions from EU roads contribute to climate disasters such as extreme droughts, floods and hurricanes, as well as their consequences for the people affected. Above all, they meet the people who have contributed at least to the current climate crisis. The European CO2 fleet limits are intended to contribute to climate protection in transport and reduce CO2 transport emissions. So far, the targets are far from sufficient to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 and to contribute to global climate justice. 2021 may change that.
In the podcast, Peter Fuchs, Sophie Scherger and guests talk about what the European CO2 fleet limits actually are, what vulnerabilities they have and what needs to be changed in 2021 in order to help reduce transport emissions quickly, drastically and consistently and to determine the Europe-wide combustion engine phase-out.
With input from: Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament for the EFA/Greens), Alex Keynes (NGO Transport & Environment), Ralph Obermauer (IG Metall) and Dieter Seifried (Advisory Office Ö-Quadrat)
