Research for TRAN committee - Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from EU Transport
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05-11-2015
Transport is the only EU sector where greenhouse gas emissions have risen since 1990. Conversely, transportation has significantly reduced its emissions of atmospheric pollutants in the past two decades - but it is still a major cause of air pollution, especially in urban areas. Besides, it is unclear whether the decline in transport demand/emissions observed since the 2008 economic downturn is only cyclical or is (at least partly) attributable to structural reasons.
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- air quality
- atmospheric pollutant
- combustion gases
- common transport policy
- deterioration of the environment
- ENERGY
- energy consumption
- energy efficiency
- energy policy
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- environmental standard
- greenhouse gas
- reduction of gas emissions
- sustainable mobility
- TRANSPORT
- transport policy
- transport statistics