EU funding for urban mobility by Eltis

Eltis platform provides an overview and an explanation of all the key sources of EU funding for urban mobility. Public sector and local authorities, private sector and SMEs, research institutes and universities can examine their eligibility in funding sources such as the  EU Cohesion Policy, the European Investment Bank, LIFE, CEF (Connecting European Facility), Horizon 2020 and various other funds. Eltis provides links and guidance to all bodies interested to receive funding in favour of urban mobility.

Visit Eltis resources here http://www.eltis.org/resources/eu-funding.

Ministerial Conference on Water and the informal EU Environment Council in Bratislava (11 to 12/07/16)

Up to 70 million persons in EU are affected by water problems especially during the summer periods. Shortages are already being perceived in north states of EU, while the Baltic States are affected frequently by floods. Europe spends 5 billion Euros per year to deal with the consequences of floods and 3 billion Euros for drought damage.

Ministers agreed on the need to improve water recycling estimating that about 17% of water could be recovered and reused. EU

2016 European Strategy for low-emission mobility

The European commission recently published the EU strategy for low-emission mobility (Download the strategy here). The strategy sets clear and fair guiding principles to Member States to prepare for the future and shift to low-emission mobility in terms of carbon and air pollutants. 

The ambition is clear: by mid-century, greenhouse gas emissions from transport will need to be at least 60% lower than in 1990 and be firmly on the path towards zero. Emissions of air pollutants from transport that harm our health need to be drastically reduced without delay. 

The main elements of the Strategy are to:
increase the efficiency of the transport system,
speed up the deployment of low-emission alternative energy for transport, and
move towards zero-emission vehicles.  

For more information, visit http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/strategies/news/2016-07-20-decarbonisation_en.htm

Extension of the trans-European Transport Network

The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Mr. Christos Spirtzis has, along with six other ministers, signed a declaration for the Railway Freight Path ORIENT/EAST MED during the trans-European Transport Network session – TEN-T Days, that took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 20th-22nd, 2016.

VW lags as rivals' Europe sales accelerate

This article indicates the impact of the Volkswagen emissions scandal in the sales of the manufacturer. Comparing December 2014 and 2015 it is obvious that their competitors increased their sales with impressive numbers, whereas Volkswagen almost froze their sales for this certain period.

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