What is the EU doing about truck CO2 emissions?

Pressure is mounting on manufacturers to lower carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, buses and coaches. The European Commission is planning to introduce the first EU-wide standards to measure CO2 from heavy duty vehicles in the summer of 2016, as a first step to regulate emissions.

This Links Dossier provides detailed information under the following headings:

+ Background
+ Issues
+ Positions
+ Timeline
+ Further reading (with hyperlinks to many sources of primary and secondary information)

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Overview of the heavy-duty vehicle market and CO2 emissions in the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/overview-of-the-heavy-duty-vehicle-market-and-co2-emissions-in-the-european-union/

Blog: ICCT, 31.05.16: Europe should set binding CO2 reduction targets for trucks http://www.theicct.org/blogs/staff/europe-should-set-binding-co2-reduction-targets-trucks

European Commission - Climate Action - EU Action ... Road transport - CO2 from heavy duty vehicles - Reducing CO2 emissions from Heavy-Duty Vehicles http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/heavy/index_en.htm

Transport & Environment: Trucks and CO2 https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/smarter-lorries/lorries-co2

ACEA: Industry topics: Environment and Sustainability: CO2 Emissions: CO2 from Heavy Duty Vehicles http://www.acea.be/industry-topics/tag/category/co2-from-heavy-duty-vehicles

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