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Transport sector must do its part towards climate protection

Landscape with rail route and road; photo credit: Bernd Leitner © fotolia.deThe transport sector can help to protect the climate not only through technical measures, but also through a multitude of non-technical measures which have major CO2 saving potential. This is the key conclusion of a new UBA status report on CO2 emission reduction in the transport sector in Germany. The report identifies significant saving potentials for the 2020 and 2030 time horizons.

Sustainable freight transport is possible

Trucks stuck in traffic on motorway; source: RRF © www.fotolia.deFreight transport exposes many people to exhaust gas emissions and noise and contributes significantly to climate change. UBA’s ”Strategy for Sustainable Freight Transport” shows that this can be changed. The report describes the past, present and future development of freight transport, identifies conflicts with environmental protection requirements and presents measures to reduce its environmental impacts.

Emissions trading in the aviation sector

aeroplane; source: eray Haciosmanoglu © www.fotolia.deThe new EU emissions trading directive stipulates that the aviation sector will be included in the EU emissions trading scheme as of 2012, and reporting obligations already commence in 2010. Essentially every carrier whose aircraft depart or land within the European Union will be affected by this extension of the emissions trading scheme.

Advice for the purchase of an environmentally sound passenger car

ADAC EcoTestThe ADAC-EcoTest provides an assessment of the environmental features of passenger cars. The pollutants and CO2 emissions of cars i.a. are measured and evaluated under real world conditions.

The transport sector must do more for climate protection

Transport at a crossroads. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European UnionThe transport sector in Europe is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise. Germany is one of only three European countries which could reduce their transport-related greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. This shows the new report on transport and the environment which the European Environment Agency (EEA) presented to the European Parliament in Brussels.

What contribution must the transport sector make to climate protection?

climate change and environmental issues in transportationThe transport sector should be included in a CO2 reduction regime with ambitious reduction targets from the beginning. The earlier the necessary reduction measures take effect, the lower will be the costs. This and other results are documented in the workshop report ”Climate Change and Environmental Issues in Transportation”.

Conference on the internalisation of environmental costs near airports

Aircraft in front of fingerNoise and air pollution from aircraft cause environmental costs in the vicinity of airports. According to the polluter-pays principle the air traffic sector should pay for these impacts. The Federal Environment Agency invited experts to discuss external costs near airports and concepts for internalising them at a conference on 13th/14th May 2008.

Urban transport facing pressure to act

Cover studyThe proceedings of a symposium dealing with urban mobility of the future (Stadt der Zukunft: kommunal mobil), staged jointly by the Federal Environment Agency, the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) and the German Association of Towns and Cities (DST), are now available. The documentation presents the scopes of action discussed at the symposium as well as good-practice examples of how urban mobility can be rendered environmentally compatible and health-promoting.

Fine particulates from urban transport

Schematic representation of particles uptake in the human lung Experts of the Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) at Leipzig-Halle, the Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) met in February 2005 in Leipzig for the workshop ”Verkehrsbedingte Feinstäube in der Stadt” (Fine particulates caused by urban traffic).
The experts discussed the impact of fine particles on human health as well as different measuring and modelling methods.
Furthermore traffic-related measures to reduce levels of fine particulate matter in ambient air were presented.

Many passenger cars as loud as 25 years ago

Traffic jamAlthough noise limit values have been tightened repeatedly during the past few decades, many passenger cars are still as loud today as they were 25 years ago.  A practical test commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency revealed that while manufacturers made significant progress during this time period in the area of motor vehicle propulsion noise alone, today’s tires are hardly quieter on the road than 25 years ago.

Updating of EU Directive on consumption and CO2 measurement for passenger cars

Car in garage

The Technical Inspection Service (TÜV) has developed on behalf of Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) criteria for an update of Directive 93/116/EC on the measurement of fuel consumption and the CO2 emissions of passenger cars. The main purpose of the project was to provide vendees with better information on fuel consumption by auxiliary equipment such as air-conditioners and to thus give them guidance for the purchase of fuel efficient cars. Furthermore, car manufacturers are to be given an incentive to avoid auxiliary equipment or to install fuel-efficient equipment.

 

 

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