cover image: January 2024 - EU Elections: A Guide to Transport 2024 - 2029 - From sketching a blueprint for transport to implementing a greenprint for the EUʼs economy

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January 2024 - EU Elections: A Guide to Transport 2024 - 2029 - From sketching a blueprint for transport to implementing a greenprint for the EUʼs economy

1 Feb 2024

The rapid roll-out of Europeʼs EV fleet, the world's first mandated provision of clean fuels for the aviation and shipping sectors, and the rapid scaling up of renewable energy powering transport and heating homes, will be markers of success. [...] The next 5 years have to build on the foundation of the EGD, to move beyond the fossil age, and address tomorrowʼs challenges: to rebuild large parts of our economy and make them fit for a climate constrained world. [...] This is the critical period to not only cement Europeʼs leadership in addressing the climate crisis, but to transform the Green Deal into an industrial strategy that ensures Europe will lead the cleantech revolution and secure good, well paid jobs in the green economy of the future. [...] It identifies the 10 key transport areas the EU needs to prioritize, and provides recommendations that, within the next five years, will be critical to Europe winning the race for the green economy and green jobs of the future. [...] The 2021 European Year of Rail and Action Plan were small steps to improve rail and havenʼt led to the major changes to increase the modal share of rail.
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