Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions
Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport groupThe failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found.Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall emissions fall. Continue reading...
Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport group
The failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found.
Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall emissions fall. Continue reading...
