Joint press release by Opportunity Green, Seas at Risk and T&E As countries convene at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice this week to discuss ocean protection and sustainabilityS, Opportunity Green, Seas At Risk, and Transport & Environment call on states to include their international shipping emissions in … [continued]
The EU’s Sustainable Transport Investment Plan is an opportunity to unlock the full potential of e-SAF — the greenest and most scalable sustainable aviation fuel. In doing so, it could also boost the EU’s industrial competitiveness, energy independence, and jobs. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) play a crucial role in decarbonising aviation. … [continued]
After crying wolf on the 2025 EU target despite EV sales growing in Germany, the industry now wants to roll back the 2035 standard. Cars in Europe could emit an extra 0.5 to 1.4 Gt of CO2 of avoidable carbon pollution — an increase of up to 31% compared to … [continued]
T&E’s William Todts assesses the EU Commission chief’s three biggest promises There was a time when five-minute charging, full self-driving and ultra-fast development cycles would have been announced in Stuttgart, Wolfsburg or Paris. No longer. These days German and French carmakers are scrambling to catch up with technology—like cheap LFP … [continued]
An interview with T&E’s Anastasiia Nahorna, Data Analyst, Mobility and Infrastructure in Ukraine, by Sam Hargreaves, Communications Manager. Sam: Hi Anastasia, where do you come from and what do you do at T&E? Anastasiia: Originally I’m from Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine. Now I’m based in Brussels working as an infrastructure … [continued]
Reinvestment in green infrastructure and targeted redistribution of revenues will help low- and middle-income households to adjust to the EU’s new ETS2. The EU’s new carbon price on diesel, petrol and heating fuels (ETS2) could raise nearly €300bn between 2026 to 2032. T&E recommends giving at least 50% of the … [continued]
By Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director for Emobility and Supply Chains at T&E, and Tommy Pratama, Executive Director for Traction Energy Asia Indonesia is big when it comes to the new race to secure minerals and cleantech. With some of the world’s largest reserves of metals like nickel and cobalt, the country is fuelling … [continued]
Europe’s carmakers have a unique competitive advantage over their Chinese counterparts — yet the Omnibus proposals risk throwing it away Years were spent on agreeing rules to hold companies accountable for their environmental and social impacts, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive … [continued]
The EU wants to lead the cleantech transition — for that, it needs to replace its traditional project-by-project State Aid system with automatic, bankable, output-based support. Only then will public money crowd in private investment, help scale newcomers, and lower production costs — all essential to global competitiveness. The EU … [continued]
The transition to EVs in Europe: a two-speed dynamic The transition to EVs in Europe is a heterogeneous process. Both between and within countries, this change highlights varying capacities to adapt, and inequalities in access to a sustainable mobility. The EV uptake is slower in Southern and Eastern countries. The electrification … [continued]
