What the Commission is doing
Objectives
By 2050, the EU wants a 60% cut in transport-related greenhouse gas emissions versus 1990 levels and more specifically:
- No more conventionally-fuelled cars in cities
- 40% use of sustainable low‑carbon fuels in aviation
- 40% cut in CO2 emissions from maritime bunker fuels
- 50% shift of freight journeys greater than or equal to 300 km from road to rail and to waterborne transport
- Majority of medium‑distance travel completed by rail
- Complete European high-speed rail network
- Complete trans-European transport network
- Progress towards zero road‑transport fatalities