Concrete proposals to clean up transport, the biggest emitter in Europe, will be needed from Frans Timmermans if he is to live up to the positive rhetoric of today’s parliamentary hearing, Transport & Environment (T&E) has said. The nominee Vice-President’s commitment to enforcing and strengthening the car and truck CO2 standards is good news. So is his intention to add shipping to the EU ETS and take action on aviation. However, Mr Timmermans failed to rule out putting road transport emissions in the EU ETS, which would be a distraction and would undermine the Climate Action Regulation – the main driver for climate action at national level.
