To ensure Europe stays competitive and will be able to respond to the increasing mobility needs of people and goods, the European Commission’s low-emission mobility strategy sets clear and fair guiding principles to member states to prepare for the future.
The low-emission mobility strategy frames the initiatives that the Commission is planning in the coming years, and it maps the areas in which it is exploring options. It also shows how initiatives in related fields are linked and how synergies can be achieved.
The main elements of the Strategy are:
– Increasing the efficiency of the transport system by making the most of digital technologies, smart pricing and further encouraging the shift to lower emission transport modes,
– Speeding up the deployment of low-emission alternative energy for transport, such as advanced biofuels, electricity, hydrogen and renewable synthetic fuels and removing obstacles to the electrification of transport
– Moving towards zero-emission vehicles.
Manufacturing and service industries will be able to plan their investments and make business choices with a mid-century goal in mind. The energy sector and fuel suppliers will be able to plan investments into advanced energy for transport, such as advanced biofuels.
Transport is an important employer. Workers will receive help in acquiring the necessary skills to match the technological transition towards low-emission mobility, in the framework of the New Skills Agenda for Europe.
The Strategy draws on existing mechanisms and funds. President Juncker’s Investment Plan for Europe plays a very important role, with significant progress already made with projects that are in the pipeline for funding under the European Fund for Strategic Investment. In addition, EUR 70 billion is available for transport under the European Structural and Investment Fund, including EUR 39 billion for supporting the move towards low-emission mobility, of which EUR 12 billion for low-carbon and sustainable urban mobility alone. Under the research programme Horizon2020, EUR 6.4 billion are available for low-carbon mobility projects.
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