UBA head calls for comprehensive road charge to curb car emissions
Welt Online
Maria Krautzberger, head of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), says Germany should introduce a road charge linked to mileage for all vehicles, to cut emissions from the transport sector. “There has been no emissions reduction whatsoever from the transport sector for 25 years,” Krautzberger told Welt Online in an interview, arguing that overall car use must be cut to lower emissions. Krautzberger said public transport had to be made “more attractive” and that a quota should ensure e-cars accounted for 70 percent for new vehicle registrations by 2030.
Read the interview in German here.
See the CLEW article Expert commission gives Energiewende status - "Greatest need for action" in transport sector for more information.
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