{"id":3495847,"date":"2022-06-09T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/118-regions-and-local-authorities-join-the-eu-mission-for-adaptation-to-climate-change-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:52:06","slug":"eu-parliament-passes-ban-on-new-petrol-diesel-cars-by-2035","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/eu-parliament-passes-ban-on-new-petrol-diesel-cars-by-2035\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Parliament passes ban on new petrol, diesel cars by 2035"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commission last year unveiled plans to stop the sale of vehicles using internal combustion engines by 2035 as part of a wider climate target to cut emissions by more than half over this decade.<\/p>\n

The measure passed by 339 votes to 249 with 24 abstentions at a session in Strasbourg \u2013 in practice limiting future sales to emissions-free all-electric models.<\/p>\n

The law is not yet final. Wednesday\u2019s vote confirms the parliament\u2019s position for upcoming negotiations with EU countries on the final law.<\/p>\n

The vote upholds a key pillar of the EU\u2019s plans to cut net planet-warming emissions 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels \u2013 a target that requires faster emissions reductions from industry, energy and transport.<\/p>\n

Cars currently account for 12% of all CO2 emissions in the 27-member EU bloc, while transportation overall accounts for around a quarter.<\/p>\n

The aim is to speed Europe\u2019s shift to electric vehicles and embolden carmakers to invest heavily in electrification, aided by another EU law that will require countries to install millions of vehicle chargers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPurchasing and driving zero-emission cars will become cheaper for consumers,\u201d said Jan Huitema, parliament\u2019s lead negotiator on the policy.<\/p>\n

Attempt to weaken proposal fails<\/b><\/p>\n

Attempts by some lawmakers to weaken the target to a 90% CO2 cut by 2035 were rejected.<\/p>\n

The conservative European People\u2019s Party (EPP), the parliament\u2019s biggest group of lawmakers, had sought to push a compromise that would have diluted the proposals and allowed sales of hybrid vehicles to continue.<\/p>\n

Their amendment was narrowly defeated while an ambitious attempt by the Greens to bring the measure deadline forward to 2030 also failed.<\/p>\n

Conservatives were also unable to push through amendments on having a car\u2019s production-related carbon footprint taken into consideration as well \u2013 potentially allowing carmakers credits for synthetic, so-called e-fuels, made with captured carbon dioxide and hydrogen produced from renewable sources.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/b>Euractiv<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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