EDITOR’S NOTE

ADOPTING THE JOINT POSITION

A PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and to create a new ETS system that covers buildings as well as the road transport sector was welcomed by three associations in January. The European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services (CLECAT), the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) agree that solid carbon pricing is one of the key building blocks to effective policy framework to support and enable Europe’s transition to carbon neutrality. In a joint position paper, the associations noted a prerequisite for the swift market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles is the introduction of effective and targeted support measures for the sector. The ETS for road transport should therefore ensure that revenues from the auctioning of greenhouse gas allowances are ringfenced and reinvested in the road freight transport sector. This would, the associations assert, would help accelerate investment in low- and zero-emission road freight transport vehicles and technologies. Without securing the funding for these much-needed investments, and clear and explicit targets for ringfence investments (for instance in charging and refuelling infrastructure, support of fleet renewal, etc), there is a risk of insufficient funding to support to switch to zero-emission trucking. Under a revised EU ETS Directive, member states would be expected to return a large portion of revenues from freight transport carbon dioxide pricing to the transport sector in the form of investment support programs for green vehicles and tech. This, in theory, would allow the sector to embrace emerging technologies and accelerate the transition to climate neutrality. The associations emphasise that low and zero emission heavy duty vehicles must become the most viable and best option for transport operators. To avoid double charging of carbon emissions, proper integration with existing policies at national levels, using Germany as an example, will be essential. CLECAT, ACEA and ESC strongly encourage European and national decision makers to consider their recommendations as a matter of urgency in their ongoing discussions on the proposal.

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