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Dutch advisory councils: “Urgent need to put a price on transport CO2 emissions"

VROM-raad, Raad VenW 28 January 2008 - Current policies for the transport sector are utterly inadequate for securing long-term European climate objectives. To achieve these targets the ever-upward trend in the CO2 emissions of both passenger and freight transport must be breached. Without appropriate action the transport sector will take up the entire European CO2 emissions ‘space’ by the year 2050. Robust measures in this fast-…

Dutch advisory councils call for higher priority to be assigned to development of a sustainable energy system

VROM-raad 11 May 2005 - Our energy system is not sustainable. The General Energy Council and the Council for the Environment (VROM Council) consider this a serious threat to our society. Problems such as climate change and the growing dependence on oil and natural gas from politically unstable regions must be tackled with high priority. The conversion (transition) of our energy system to a sustainable one is a complex…