No. 1, February 1996

In this issue: Editorial: Worse than we thought. Europe: The situation laid bare. Car emissions limits. CO2 from cars. Combined transport. External costs of transport. Diesel engines. Climate change. Particles. Progress in abatement of emissions.

Publications

Emissions trading system for road transport and buildings in the policy mix for achieving climate neutrality in the EU.

Extreme temperatures a threat to human health

Extreme high temperatures

– a threat to human health
A summary of knowledge

Briefing

1.5°C Pathways for the EU27: accelerating climate action to deliver the Paris Agreement

Briefing

1.5°C Pathways for the Council of Europe: accelerating climate action to deliver the Paris Agreement

Briefing

Failing to achieve 1.5°C puts a huge economic burden on our (grand)children

Short briefing which calculates, based on methodology developed by the London School of Economics, what the costs of action and inaction would be for several EU scenarios. The briefing finds that current policies would lead to a GDP loss of 7.11%/year by 2100, while implementing the Fit for 55 proposals would lead to an annual loss of 2.58%. Opting for a real 1.5°C compatible pathway on the other hand would lead to an increase of GDP of 0.84%. The benefits of increasing ambition are thus also important in economic terms. In particular for future generations as they will foot the bill of our inaction.

Briefing

Policy implications of Europe’s dwindling carbon budget

Defining 1.5°C compatible CO₂ targets and climate finance responsibilities for a range of European countries
This briefing aims to contribute to the discussion on the potential application of carbon budgets in the policy debate by identifying both emission reduction targets and climate finance responsibilities for 42 European countries based on a 1.5°C compatible global carbon budget.