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Curbing CO2 emissions from road transport: Road transport generates about one fifth of the EU's CO2 emissions, with passenger cars responsible for around 12%. This makes it the second most important source of greenhouse gases. Although there have been significant improvements over recent years in vehicle technology, these have not been enough to neutralise the effect of increases in traffic and car size.
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Trends in passenger transport demand and GDP (EEA-32 excluding Liechtenstein): The two curves show the development in GDP and passenger transport volumes, while the columns show the level of annual decoupling. Light green indicates greater growth in GDP than in transport while dark green indicates stronger growth in transport than in GDP. The data refer to road, rail and bus modes of transport.
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International shipping should cut air pollutants and greenhouse gases together: Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from the shipping sector have increased substantially in the last two decades, contributing to both climate change and air pollution problems, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Transport at a crossroads. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union: The TERM 2008 report examines the performance of the transport sector vis-a-vis environmental performance. It concludes that there are plenty of options for synergies between different policy initiatives but also a risk of measures counteracting each other.
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Trends in passenger transport demand and GDP (EEA-32 excluding Liechtenstein): Graph showing change in passenger transport volume and GDP versus time, together with the ‘decoupling’ relationship between them
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Transport and environment: facing a dilemma - TERM 2005: Indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union
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Passenger transport modal split (without sea and aviation, 2009): Chart showing passenger transport modal split in EU-27 countries between car, rail and bus
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Air pollution — SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Emissions of air pollutants derive from almost all economic and societal activities. They result in clear risks to human health and ecosystems. In Europe, policies and actions at all levels have greatly reduced anthropogenic emissions and exposure but some air pollutants still harm human health. Similarly, as emissions of acidifying pollutants have reduced, the situation for Europe's rivers and lakes has improved but atmospheric nitrogen oversupply still threatens biodiversity in sensitive terrestrial and water ecosystems. The movement of atmospheric pollution between continents attracts increasing political attention. Greater international cooperation, also focusing on links between climate and air pollution policies, is required more than ever to address air pollution.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Towards a resource-efficient transport system — TERM 2009: Indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union
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Beyond transport policy – exploring and managing the external drivers of transport demand: Located in Publications