Cutting CO2 road transport emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
In million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Overall emissions went from 5646 in 1990 to 4291 in 2016, out of which 787 in 1990 was related to transport emissions and increased to 931 in 2016. 94% of the transport greenhouse gas emissions are caused by road transport.
Road transport greenhouse gas emissions
- 27% comes from trucks, buses, lorries
- 73% comes from cars and vans
Source: European Environment Agency