Farewell to gasoline and diesel in 2035: the European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale - The European Commission (EC) today approved the adoption of a series of measures to combat climate change that set the final goodbye to vehicles that run on internal combustion.

2035 will be the year when cars with gasoline, diesel, gas or hybrid engines will no longer be sold.

The EC's battery of restrictions aims to make " the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and tax policies adequate to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels," the institution notes in a statement.

European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale

The intention is for Europe to become"the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and to make the European Green Pact a reality". And, to this end, the European Commission has presented the necessary legislative tools to enforce the objectives agreed in European Climate Law.

These mean that, by 2035, all new registered vehicles will have "zero emissions" mobility, requiring emissions to be reduced by 55% from 2030 and to 100% by 2035, compared to 2021 levels.

The regulations now adopted by the EC also affect fuels used by air and sea.

European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale

The alternative fuel infrastructure Regulation requires aircraft and ships to have access to clean electricity at major ports and airports, the EC explains in the statement, adding that it will require a combination of increasing levels of sustainable fuels for ships and aircraft.

EC measures also include the responsibility of countries to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

The Land use, forestry and agriculture Regulation sets an overall carbon removal target by natural sinks of 310 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2030, among other cross-cutting actions that go beyond the automotive sector.

European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale

"The fossil fuel economy has reached its limits. We want to leave the next generation a healthy planet, as well as good jobs and growth that does not harm our nature. The European Green Pact is our growth strategy that moves towards a decarbonized economy," said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

Energy efficiency is another pillar of the new regulatory framework. The Renewable Energy Directive marks a production of 40% of energy from renewable sources by 2030.

This energy transition will not be cheap, so the EC is proposing a new Social Climate Fund to provide specific funding to Member States and to help citizens finance investments in energy efficiency.

European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale

This fund would be financed from the EU budget, " using an amount equivalent to 25% of the expected revenue from emissions trading of fuels for construction and road transport," adds the EC, which will provide 72.2 billion euros of funding to Member States for the period between 2025 and 2032.

"With a proposal to leverage complementary funding from Member States, the Fund would mobilise 144.4 billion euros for a socially just transition," he says.

The EC recalls that 30% of the Next Generation European funds, which will serve for the European economic recovery after the coronavirus, are dedicated to supporting actions in favor of the environment. That is, 723,800 million euros that will serve to make the ecological transition.

European Commission bans internal combustion cars sale

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