The European Commission wants to stop the sales of polluting cars from 2035
This is one of the objectives of Fit For 55, which proposes a series of tools for the ecological revolution in the European Union. The goal is zero emissions in 2050
The President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen (Photo by Jaap Arriens / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Building an economic system that allows the ecological revolution in the European Union: this is the objective of Fit For 55, a set of legislative instruments proposed by the European Commission to achieve the objectives of the Green Deal and in harmony with the European climate law, signed at the end of June to bind EU legislation to the commitment to climate neutrality. The goal is to reduce total CO 2 emissions by 55% by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels), with the final goal of completely eliminating them by 2050.The proposed measures concern transport, l energy, land use, taxation policies and will be subject to negotiation with the European Parliament and the Council. Starting with the initiative for zero-emission mobility: from 2035, polluting vehicles, such as cars and vans, will no longer be sold, with an intermediate reduction of 55% as early as 2030. To accelerate the change, member states will have to expand the charging infrastructure for the most environmentally-friendly cars, with electric control units every 60 kilometers and every 150 for hydrogen ones.
"The fossil fuel economy has reached its limit", commented the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen: "The European Green Deal is our growth strategy and is moving towards a 'decarbonised economy ”. The architecture of the proposal is much more complex and provides that by 2030 40% of the energy will have to be produced from renewable sources, with a change in taxation starting from 2023, based more on the energy content of fuels and less on volumes: increases on minimum taxes reserved for petrol and diesel and reductions for electricity. The public sector will have to lead by example, renovating 3% of its buildings every year to reduce energy consumption.
Special attention will be paid to supporting a forest-based bioeconomy, with the planting of 3 billion trees across Europe and the target of absorbing 310 million tonnes of CO 2 between now and 2030. Climate neutrality in land use will also have to address pollution in agriculture. The Offsetting Credit Policy (ETS), which sets a price on greenhouse gas emissions, will be extended to the aviation and shipping industries, a new ETS will be introduced to the construction and road transport industries. The sectors covered by the ETS market will have to reduce their CO 2 emissions by up to 61% (compared to 2005) by 2030 but this policy, in the last 16 years, has already reduced the pollution of the most energy-intensive industrial sectors by 42.8% , explains the Commission.
Since there has been European climate legislation, in general, harmful emissions have decreased by 24% compared to 1990, while the economy has grown by 60%, they say from Brussels. To avoid the relocation of activities, in search of more favorable legislation, a compensation mechanism in the form of import duties on products such as cement, steel, aluminum, fertilizers and electricity would be introduced from 2026. The system would serve to encourage environmental policies also in third countries, activating a virtuous pull effect.
A Social Fund will be established to protect the weakest social groups or those who risk being most affected in their activities by the transition. climate, from 72.2 billion in seven years (25% financed by the new Ets), which could double in co-financing for targeted actions by member countries. The money will among other things help citizens invest in energy efficiency, heating and cooling systems and cleaner mobility.
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