European Federation for Transport and Environment: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,945,023 edits
Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Eastmain | Category:International organisations based in Belgium | #UCB_Category 12/127
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,945,023 edits
Added date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Eastmain | Category:International organisations based in Belgium | #UCB_Category 100/119
(23 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|European umbrella for non-governmental organisations}}
{{short description|European umbrella for non-governmental organisations}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Third-party|date=November 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2021}}
}}

{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| logo = TE_Logo_2.png
| logo = TE_Logo_2.png
Line 17: Line 22:
}}
}}


The '''European Federation for Transport and Environment''', commonly referred to as '''Transport & Environment''' ('''T&E'''), is a [[European Union|European]] umbrella for [[non-governmental organisation]]s working in the field of transport and the environment, promoting [[sustainable transport]] in Europe; which means an approach to transport that is environmentally responsible, economically sound and socially just.
The '''European Federation for Transport and Environment''', commonly referred to as '''Transport & Environment''' ('''T&E'''), is a [[European Union|European]] umbrella for [[non-governmental organisation]]s working in the field of transport and the environment, promoting [[sustainable transport]] in Europe.

== History ==
T&E was created in 1990 with the realisation that many political decisions that influence the environmental damage caused by transport - both positively and negatively - are taken at a European level. These involve getting transport prices right, vehicle emission limits, fuel quality standards, taxes, funding of infrastructure, [[safety requirement]]s, [[air quality]] standards, [[deregulation]] and [[liberalization]] and more.

== Mission ==
Transport & Environment’s mission is to promote, at EU and global level, a [[transport policy]] based on the principles of [[sustainable development]]. Transport policy should minimise harmful impacts on the environment and health, maximise [[resource efficiency|efficiency of resources]], including energy and land, and guarantee safety and sufficient access for all.
Critical remarks:

T&E studies on the subject of transport highlight the advantages of e-mobility. The authors sometimes lack objectivity, as three examples show:

Quote 1: "Taking into account recycling, the battery of an electric car consumes up to 30 kilograms of raw materials, while a conventional car burns an average of 17,000 liters of gasoline." This comparison is misleading, because the electric car currently powered by a mix of electricity also consumes large amounts of raw materials, e.g. coal or gas that is converted into electricity.

Quote 2: "Furthermore, only a small tax is levied on fuels in Germany, whereas the tax on electricity is very high." In fact, the tax for gasoline is about three times higher than for electricity https://www.adac.de/verkehr/tanken-kraftstoff-antrieb/tipps-zum-tanken/7-fragen-zum-benzinpreis/

Quote 3: "Gas trucks are not clean and often even dirtier than diesel vehicles." Stefan Siegemund, Head of Renewable Energies and Mobility at dena, contradicts this statement. The emission of nitrogen oxides and fine dust is lower than with diesel with the Euro standard 6. "With an argument based on relative values and selectively selected measurement data, T&E knits an argumentation structure against the currently available, technically fully developed drive alternative LNG", summarizes Kehler. https://www.jitpay.eu/2019/11/19/zukunft-erdgas-kritisiert-te-studie/

== Publications ==


Transport & Environment has often worked with other environmental lobby groups such as [[Greenpeace]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-28 |title=First delivery of devastating tar sands arrives in Europe |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/first-delivery-devastating-tar-sands-arrives-europe/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-03 |title=Open letter to the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU calling on the deal on CO2 emissions from cars to be put to a vote |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/open-letter-lithuanian-presidency-eu-calling-deal-co2-emissions-cars-be-put-vote/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation - T&E's Annual Report 2020 |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/annual-report-2020/campaigns/aviation.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=www.transportenvironment.org}}</ref> where many of its staff members have previously worked.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article author: Maik Marahrens |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/maik-marahrens/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbara Stoll - T&E Director, Clean Cities Campaign |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/barbara-stoll/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Erika Bjureby - T&E Director, Oil Campaign |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/erika-bjureby/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Bravo - T&E Policy Expert, Spain |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/carlos-bravo/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref>
=== Mind the Gap ===
Issued every year, this report examines the difference between the official laboratory test results and real-world [[CO2 emissions]] and [[fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]] of cars. The difference between official laboratory test results and real-world car performance is jumping from 9% in 2001 to 28% in 2012 and 42% in 2015. It is expected to reach 50% before 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/publications/mind-gap-2016-report|title = Mind the Gap 2016 - Report &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref> One of the sources for real-world fuel consumption values used in this study is the data set provided by [[Spritmonitor]].


== Main campaign areas ==
== Main campaign areas ==
*[[Air pollution]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/air-pollution|title = Air quality and transport &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*[[Air pollution]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/air-pollution|title = Air quality and transport &#124; Transport & Environment| date=12 September 2013 }}</ref>
*Aviation <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/aviation|title = Flying and climate change &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Aviation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/aviation|title = Flying and climate change &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Better trade and regulation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/better-trade-and-regulation|title=Better trade and regulation &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Better trade and regulation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/better-trade-and-regulation|title=Better trade and regulation &#124; Transport & Environment|access-date=2017-02-23|archive-date=2017-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223212932/https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/better-trade-and-regulation|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Biofuel]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/biofuels|title = Biofuels &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*[[Biofuel]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/biofuels|title = Biofuels &#124; Transport & Environment| date=24 February 2024 }}</ref>
*Cars and CO2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/cars-and-co2|title=Electric cars &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Cars and {{CO2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/cars-and-co2|title=Electric cars &#124; Transport & Environment|date=7 June 2012 }}</ref>
*Cleaner, safer trucks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/cleaner-safer-trucks|title = Cleaner, safer trucks &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Cleaner, safer trucks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/cleaner-safer-trucks|title = Cleaner, safer trucks &#124; Transport & Environment| date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Dieselgate]]: Testing reform<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/dieselgate-testing-reform|title = Dieselgate and stopping test cheating &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*[[Dieselgate]]: Testing reform<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/dieselgate-testing-reform|title=Dieselgate and stopping test cheating &#124; Transport & Environment|access-date=2017-02-23|archive-date=2017-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223212806/https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/dieselgate-testing-reform|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Dirty oil<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/dirty-oil|title=Dirty Oil &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Dirty oil<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/dirty-oil|title=Dirty Oil &#124; Transport & Environment|date=20 July 2023 }}</ref>
*Effort sharing regulation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/effort-sharing-regulation|title = Transport climate targets and the Paris Agreement &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Effort sharing regulation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/effort-sharing-regulation|title=Transport climate targets and the Paris Agreement &#124; Transport & Environment|access-date=2017-02-23|archive-date=2017-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223213951/https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/effort-sharing-regulation|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*EU Transport Policy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/eu-transport-policy|title = Sustainable finance &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*EU Transport Policy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/eu-transport-policy|title = Sustainable finance &#124; Transport & Environment| date=23 May 2006 }}</ref>
*Rail<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/rail|title = Rail &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Rail<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/rail|title = Rail &#124; Transport & Environment| date=31 January 2024 }}</ref>
*Shipping<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/shipping|title = Shipping and the environment &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Shipping<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/shipping|title = Shipping and the environment &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Vans<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/vans|title = Vans &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*Vans<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/vans|title = Vans &#124; Transport & Environment| date=21 March 1925 }}</ref>
*[[Vehicle noise]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/vehicle-noise|title = Vehicle noise &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
*[[Vehicle noise]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/vehicle-noise|title=Vehicle noise &#124; Transport & Environment|access-date=2017-02-23|archive-date=2017-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223212609/https://www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/vehicle-noise|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Members ==
== Members ==
T&E is currently supported by 53 organisations (44 members and 9 supporters) in 26 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/members|title = Members &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>
T&E is currently supported by 73 organisations (63 members and 10 supporters) in 24 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/members|title = Members &#124; Transport & Environment}}</ref>


== Funding ==
== Funding ==
Transport & Environment received funding from the following institutions in 2016: more than 750,000 euros from the [[European Climate Foundation]] and [[The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation]]. More than 500,000 euros from the [[European Commission]], more than 250,000 euros from ClimateWorks Foundation, more than a 100,000 euros from Funders for Fair Trade and the Oak Foundation, more than 25,000 euros from [[BirdLife International|BirdLife]], De Staatsecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu, [[FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society|FIA Foundation]], the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Stiftung Mercator, and [[Transport for London]].
Transport & Environment receives funding from: [[European Climate Foundation]], [[The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation]], Climate Imperative Foundation, the [[European Commission]], ClimateWorks Foundation, Schwab Charitable Fund, Oak Foundation and a number of other institutions and organisations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funders |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/about-us/funders/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Transport & Environment |language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Climate change in the European Union]]
* [[Electric vehicles]]
* [[European emission standards]]
* [[European emission standards]]
* [[Transport in Europe]]
* [[Transport in Europe]]
Line 71: Line 56:


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.transportenvironment.org T&E's homepage]
*[https://www.transportenvironment.org T&E's homepage]


{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}

Revision as of 20:49, 26 March 2024

Transport & Environment
TypeNGO
Legal statusFederation
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Executive Director
William Todts
President
Jeppe Juul
Vice-President
João Vieira
Vice-President
Inga Ringailaite
Websitewww.transportenvironment.org

The European Federation for Transport and Environment, commonly referred to as Transport & Environment (T&E), is a European umbrella for non-governmental organisations working in the field of transport and the environment, promoting sustainable transport in Europe.

Transport & Environment has often worked with other environmental lobby groups such as Greenpeace,[1][2][3] where many of its staff members have previously worked.[4][5][6][7]

Main campaign areas

Members

T&E is currently supported by 73 organisations (63 members and 10 supporters) in 24 countries.[22]

Funding

Transport & Environment receives funding from: European Climate Foundation, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Climate Imperative Foundation, the European Commission, ClimateWorks Foundation, Schwab Charitable Fund, Oak Foundation and a number of other institutions and organisations.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "First delivery of devastating tar sands arrives in Europe". Transport & Environment. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ^ "Open letter to the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU calling on the deal on CO2 emissions from cars to be put to a vote". Transport & Environment. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. ^ "Aviation - T&E's Annual Report 2020". www.transportenvironment.org. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. ^ "Article author: Maik Marahrens". Transport & Environment. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  5. ^ "Barbara Stoll - T&E Director, Clean Cities Campaign". Transport & Environment. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. ^ "Erika Bjureby - T&E Director, Oil Campaign". Transport & Environment. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  7. ^ "Carlos Bravo - T&E Policy Expert, Spain". Transport & Environment. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  8. ^ "Air quality and transport | Transport & Environment". 12 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Flying and climate change | Transport & Environment".
  10. ^ "Better trade and regulation | Transport & Environment". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  11. ^ "Biofuels | Transport & Environment". 24 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Electric cars | Transport & Environment". 7 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Cleaner, safer trucks | Transport & Environment". 23 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Dieselgate and stopping test cheating | Transport & Environment". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  15. ^ "Dirty Oil | Transport & Environment". 20 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Transport climate targets and the Paris Agreement | Transport & Environment". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  17. ^ "Sustainable finance | Transport & Environment". 23 May 2006.
  18. ^ "Rail | Transport & Environment". 31 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Shipping and the environment | Transport & Environment".
  20. ^ "Vans | Transport & Environment". 21 March 1925.
  21. ^ "Vehicle noise | Transport & Environment". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  22. ^ "Members | Transport & Environment".
  23. ^ "Funders". Transport & Environment. Retrieved 2023-06-24.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Federation_for_Transport_and_Environment&oldid=1215737569"