Transport in the EU Budget: Making spending sustainable - Priorities for the TEN-T Guidelines and the Connecting Europe Facility
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 13 pages, pdf
Description:
With very long lifetimes for transport infrastructure, today’s decisions on EU transport spending will set the path for transport beyond 2050 and into the next century. Decisions taken now, in the context of EU spending plans to 2020, will either lock Europe into further emissions and carbon-intensive development, or set us on a more sustainable course. Greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector need to fall by 60% by 2050, compared to 1990. This is a serious challenge – transport is the only sector where emissions are still increasing. Without decisive new action, transport GHG emissions are expected to grow by 74% over the same period.