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The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended on 24 November 2024, two days late. The conference adopted a new collective quantified goal on climate finance destined towards developing countries, and finalised the rules for the operationalisation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which provides for bilateral and global carbon trading.

Road transport is a major contributor to climate change. CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) have grown steadily and account for over a quarter of road transport CO2 emissions. On 14 February 2023, the European Commission tabled a legislative proposal to revise Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 setting CO2 emission standards for new HDVs in the EU. The proposed revision would expand the scope of the regulation to include urban buses, coaches, trailers and additional types of lorries. The average ...

Les sols, dans leur grande variété, abritent plus de 25 % de l’ensemble de la biodiversité et constituent la deuxième plus grande réserve de carbone de la planète. Au cours de sa période de session d’avril 2024, le Parlement européen est appelé à se prononcer en première lecture sur une proposition de la Commission européenne visant à établir le tout premier cadre européen commun sur les sols.

Pour parvenir à la neutralité climatique d’ici à 2050, des absorptions de carbone seront nécessaires afin de traiter les émissions résiduelles difficiles à réduire et d’enregistrer, à partir de 2050, des émissions négatives conformément à la loi européenne sur le climat. Le cadre de certification proposé vise à la mise en place d’une gouvernance transparente et crédible qui crée la confiance dans les absorptions de carbone certifiées au niveau de l’Union; il vise également à encourager un plus ample ...

The European automotive industry is striving to adapt to market changes driven by the dual green and digital transition. Electrification has become the main strategy for reducing CO2 emissions, especially in urban traffic. At the same time, the average size and weight of cars have greatly increased. Big electric cars are the trend, but are they really the solution? Could better planning and optimisation of resources help?

Un air pur pour l’Europe

En bref 06-09-2023

Au cours de sa session de septembre, le Parlement votera sur le rapport adopté par sa commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI) sur une proposition de révision de la législation de l’Union relative à la qualité de l’air. Le rapport, tel qu’il a été adopté en plénière, constituera la position du Parlement pour les négociations avec le Conseil, qui doit encore convenir d’une orientation générale.

EU protein strategy

Briefing 19-07-2023

The EU is largely self-sufficient in agricultural products, thanks to its common agricultural policy (CAP). However, the EU livestock sector is critically dependent on imports of plant-based proteins for animal feed, especially soybeans, from Argentina, Brazil and the United States (US). The links between protein imports and deforestation, on the one hand, and the substantial greenhouse emissions (GHG) from animal farming, on the other, are also lending greater prominence to the use of plant-based ...

The IA is underpinned by solid internal and external expertise and based on integrated modelling coherent with the interlinked European Green Deal and the REPowerEU initiatives. It is transparent on methods, builds on specifically updated assumptions and addresses potential uncertainties with two sensitivity analyses. Despite slight weaknesses in the definition of the problems and objectives, the intervention logic of the initiative is clear. The IA's annexes contain a lot of relevant information ...

Certification of carbon removals

Briefing 17-05-2023

The IA is convincing on the need to expand sustainable carbon removals and encourage innovative solutions to capture, recycle and store CO2. It points to the transboundary nature of climate change as justifying EU action, but the proportionality of the initiative is not discussed and there is no subsidiarity grid to further clarify the proposal's subsidiarity and proportionality aspects. The IA identifies three problems hindering effective and sustainable carbon removal activities; it describes them ...

Le présent document est le résumé de l’étude intitulée «Évaluation du potentiel des carburants durables pour le transport». L’intégralité de l’étude, disponible en anglais, peut être téléchargée à l’adresse suivante: https://bit.ly/3Yw1RPe