Provisional Agreement on Transport Emissions Data
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to standardize the method for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger and freight transport services.
Purpose and Benefits
This agreement aims to make data on transport-related GHG emissions more transparent and comparable. Citizens and businesses will be better informed about the emissions generated by the transport services they use.
Transport operators will benefit by using a single, globally harmonized standard to calculate and report their emissions.
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A provisional agreement reached today by the Council and the European Parliament on the CountEmissionsEU proposal will ensure better comparability of data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of passenger and freight transport, by setting out a single method for calculating these emissions.
Thanks to this agreement, citizens and businesses will have a clearer view on the greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the transport services they use.
This will also benefit transport operators, as they now will be able to account for their emissions based on this single, globally harmonised standard.
Author’s Summary
The new EU agreement establishes a unified method for reporting transport emissions, promoting transparency and aiding both users and operators in understanding and managing GHG impacts.