News from Brussels World Shipping Council - 2024-02-15
The global shipping regulator, the UN International Maritime Organisation, has set a target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for the industry, and now needs to develop climate regulations by 2025 that make it possible to reach that t …
News from Brussels IRU - 2024-02-14
IRU welcomes today’s European Parliament Transport Committee vote on vehicle weights and dimensions. …
News from Brussels European Council - 2024-02-13
To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. …
News from Brussels Transport & Environment - 2024-02-09
EU lawmakers and the German government today reached an agreement that will allow new Carbon Dioxide targets for trucks to enter law. …
News from Brussels CLEPA - 2024-02-08
Ahead of further discussion amongst member states in the Coreper on new Carbon Dioxide emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), CLEPA reinforces its commitment to a technology-open regulation and the deployment of all solutions …
News from Brussels Transport & Environment - 2024-02-07
A planned vote on new EU climate targets for trucks is up in the air today after the German Transport Ministry, led by the FDP, backtracked on its support for the legislation. …
News from Brussels The Voice of European Railways - 2024-02-07
As the European Commission presents its climate targets for 2040 and further energy transition strategy, the European rail community underlines that zero-emission logistics and passenger transport requires rail as the backbone of a multi …
News from Brussels Transport & Environment - 2024-02-06
The EU’s plan to reduce its emissions by 90% by 2040 marks a historic day for the climate. But, the announcement out today makes no mention of a phase out of oil and gas, even though this is imperative to meet the target. …
News from Brussels Transport & Environment - 2024-01-30
Last December, COP28 addressed fossil fuels for the first time in the history of these Conferences of the Parties (COPs) as the cause of our global climate change problem. …
News from Brussels CLECAT - 2024-01-26
Since the end of 2023, major carriers to decide to suspend voyages through the Suez Canal due to ongoing attacks led by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. …