A newly formed coalition of major European road freight players is urging the EU to accelerate the shift to clean trucks to meet emissions targets set in the EU’s proposed climate law by 2030 and achieve a net-zero carbon Europe by 2050.
Eighteen European companies and organizations were launched European Clean Trucking Alliance (ECTA)a coalition to advocate for the decarbonisation of road shipping in the European Union.
In total, ECTA’s business members employ more than 1.6 million people globally and generate annual revenues of more than €325 billion. This last figure is similar to Denmark’s GDP. The organizations that have joined ECTA are some of the civil society organizations and associations with the strongest network of members and expertise in the field of transport and mobility at European level. The International Council on Clean Transport acts as technical observer.
There are nearly 40 million vehicles making deliveries across Europe, with trucks carrying more than three-quarters of all goods transported by road. As road freight activity is expected to double by 20504, ECTA aims to support the EU in developing and implementing sustainable road freight transport policies to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and air pollutants.
The path to zero emissions is global, cross-sectoral and unstoppable, and in this context, the shift towards clean technologies is becoming more evident in all sectors of road transport” – Teresa Ribera, Fourth Vice President of Government and Minister of the Environment said Spain’s demographic transition and challenge.
On her first contactEurope’s opportunity to decarbonize the road freight sector“, ECTA calls on the European Commission to make the transition to zero-emission trucks a priority in order to meet the ambitious emissions targets of the EU’s proposed climate law by 2030 and achieve a net-zero carbon Europe by 2050.
As EU member states consider recovery investments in response to the Covid-19 crisis, ECTA urges them to “protect jobs and support long-term sustainable solutions that will decarbonise the road freight sector”.
