1. Jeroen Verhoeven Cars driving Climate Change Joeri Thijs

2. Who are we?  Founders “4x4info” action group

3. 4x4info is the initiator of 4x4network.org

5. The EU Commitment to the Kyoto protocol  A quick reminder:  The Kyoto target for the EU15 is a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction of 8% by 2012, to a 1990 baseline.  CO2 emissions count for 83% of the EU15 GHG emissions.  In 2005, EU ‑ 15 CO2 emissions were 3.7 % above 1990 levels.  In 2005, Compared to 2004, CO2 emissions decreased by 0.7 %.

6. CO2 emissions 1990 to 2005 for EU-15

7. Transport CO2 emissions  Transport is the worst performing sector under ‘Kyoto’ and jeopardises achieving the Kyoto targets. Transport CO2 emissions in the EU grew by 32% between 1990 and 2004.

8. Share of largest key source categories in 2005 for EU-15

9. Road transport (freight and passengers) CO2 emissions  The main reason for increases between 1990 and 2005 was growing road transport demand.  The growth in GHG emissions and energy use in the transport sector is the result of increased transport volumes. Road transport is by far the biggest transport emission source (93 % share)

10. Absolute change of CO2 emissions 1990 to 2005 in CO2 equivalents for EU-15 The increase in Transport related CO2 emissions wipes out the emission reductions in other industrial sectors.

11. Cars and Climate Change  The CO2 emissions of a car are inherently linked to its fuel consumption.  For example, 120g CO2/km corresponds to a fuel consumption of 4,6l Diesel/100 km or 5l Petrol/100km  Indeed, burning 4,6l Diesel or 5l Petrol produces 12kg of CO2.

12. Cars CO2 emissions  Emissions have increased continuously for road passenger transport (increase of 27% between 1990 and 2004)  Emissions from so-called ‘light duty vehicles’ (passenger cars and vans) represent one-seventh of the EU-15 CO2 emissions.

13. How to reduce CO2 emissions from cars? 1.Reduce car use (km) 2.Increase fuel efficiency (reduce CO2/km)  Both factors interact  Measures and implementation of measures to act on 1 and 2 are competencies of different political levels, with complementing impact

14. Reduced car use  Measures to reduce car use are implemented on the local level  Implemented measures have a local (political) impact, although they can and do serve as inspiration to other local situations Increased fuel efficiency  Vehicle design regulation is decided on the EU level  The EU car market and regulations have a global impact on car design

15. Car use  Land use  Urban planning  Real estate prices  Public transport  Cyclist infrastructure  Topography  ”Brevers law”  Congestion  Fuel pricing  Demography  Car culture… Fuel efficiency  Interests National industries  Fuel pricing  Energy (Oil) dependence  Market trends  Car culture Factors influencing ing

17. Working together to prevent this car crash!

19. Reduce Car use  World Carfree network  Grass-roots action groups  Cyclist and pedestrian movement  …. Increase Fuel efficiency  Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace will launch public campaigns, paradigm shift in car consumption and production is needed Working together to prevent this car crash! ing

20. Contact us! Jeroen Verhoeven, coordinator Car Fuel Efficiency Campaign Friends of the Earth jeroen.verhoeven@foeeurope.org Joeri Thijs, Climate&Transport campaigner for Greenpeace Belgium joeri.thijs@be.greenpeace.org