| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2012)394 final (11.07.12) |
| Publication Date | 11/07/2012 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The EU has a stated objective of limiting global climate change to a temperature increase of 2ºC above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, global emissions need to peak by 2020 and be reduced by at least 50% globally by 2050 compared to 1990. The European Council reconfirmed the EU target of an 80-95% reduction by 2050 compared to 1990 in the context of the necessary reductions by developed countries as a group. Current policies would only lead to about a 40% GHG (‘GHG’) emission reduction by 2050. The Commission 'Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050' Sets out how to meet the 2050 target of reducing domestic emissions by 80% in the most cost- effective way. The Roadmap shows that every sector of the economy must contribute and, depending on the scenario, compared to 1990 transport emissions need to be between +20 and -9% by 2030 and decrease by 54% to 67% by 2050. While emissions from other sectors are generally falling road transport is one of the few sectors where emissions have risen rapidly: between 1990 and 2008 emissions from road transport increased by 26%. In 2008 around 70% of transport CO2 emissions came from road transport. As a result, it is the second biggest source of GHG emissions in the EU, and contributes about one-fifth of the EU's total emissions of CO2. In March 2011 the Commission adopted the 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system'. It sets out a transport strategy within a frame of achieving a 60% reduction in transport GHG emissions by 2050. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0394:FIN:EN:PDF |
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| Subject Categories | Mobility and Transport |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
