Short Version – 12 Insights into the Verkehrswende

Short Version – 12 Insights into the Verkehrswende Transforming Transport to Ensure Tomorrow’s Mobility 12 Insights into the Verkehrswende SHORT VERSION Imprint Transforming Transport to Ensure Tomorrow’s Mobility 12 Insights into the Verkehrswende A discussion of the most important challenges facing the decarbonisation of the transport sector and the transition. [...] To date, the transport sector has Indeed, in the absence of a dramatic transformation in made no contribution to the attainment of Germany’s the transport sector, the clean-energy transition – and, emissions targets. [...] Most studies conclude that the broad-based electri- fication of the transport sector will be crucial for the The fact that the amount of renewable energy will be attainment of carbon reduction targets. [...] The share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption of the transport sector in 2015 was just If the transport sector were decarbonised for the most over 5%, with biofuels making up the largest share. [...] The uniform taxation of diesel and petrol must be analysed as part of the energy transition in based on its energy and CO2 levels would be an important transport in order to identify comprehensive strate- first step towards the complete replacement of fossil fuels gies and to minimise the societal costs of switching to with climate-neutral electricity.