The European Commission has further stated that work must begin immediately on a longer-term target of a 50% cut in global emissions by 2050 (see Figure 1). Producing 27% of all emissions, transport is the second largest source of man-made CO2 in the EU-27 after energy production (see Figure 2). Moreover, latest projections from the European Environment Agency (EEA) estimate that the sector’s emissions are set to increase by 25% between 1990 and 2020. This is in contrast to emissions from industrial and energy sectors, which are falling
