*[Enwl-eng] INVITATION: Conference on Air Pollution and CleanMobility, European Parliament, Brussels, 23 November 2017
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Invitation
To a European Parliament Conference on Air Pollution
and Clean Mobility
co-hosted by MEP Seb Dance, MEP Keith Taylor and non-profit
organisation Bellona Europa
Location: Room A3H-1, European Parliament, Brussels
Date and time: 09:00 - 11:00am, 23 November
2017
Focus of the conference:
One in three Europeans living in cities today endure air quality deemed illegal under EU air quality standards. This has significant financial and economic implications: in terms of increased expenditures on hospital charges, public health spending, reduced labour productivity and pre-mature deaths. Road transport is responsible for the lion’s share of health damaging local air pollution, being the largest source of NOx emissions, as well as particulate matter. A recent Bellona report found that if this heavy, yet unaccounted for, human health cost was to be borne by fossil fuel car makers, we would see a doubling in the average internal combustion engine (ICE) car’s sticker price. This unaffordable personal and economic cost of air pollution highlights the need for ambitious policy action at EU, national and local levels.
This conference will take a closer look at the role of public
authorities in tackling the air pollution-induced human health crisis through
stimulating the uptake of zero emission mobility. 557,000 cities and communities world-wide spend roughly €4 trillion
per year on public procurement; the equivalent of 10% of global GDP. This makes
cities key to boosting demand for sustainable zero emission mobility. The
ongoing revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive offers a once-in-a-decade
opportunity to redesign existing EU legislation into a user-friendly and
effective tool for the procurement of zero emission electric vehicles and paving
the way for cleaner, healthier cities.
Panel composition :
Opening remarks – Host MEP, Keith Taylor
Illustrating the scale of today’s fossil car-induced human health crisis – Jonas Helseth, Director at Bellona Europa
What if the exhaust emissions-induced human health cost was to be borne by fossil car makers, and reflected in ICE cars’ price tags?
Health before profit: reflecting citizens’ voices in local and EU legislation – Lievin Chemin, Mobility & Air Quality, Brussels Citizens’ Initiative, BRAL
Taking a closer look at the city we live in: state of play, obstacles, and outlook for positive change
Transitioning from niche to mainstream: Getting the right regulatory framework in place and creating supply & demand for clean mobility – Felix von Pechmann, Head of Electric Bus Programme, RATP
RATP, the Parisian public transport operator, will share some insights into its Bus2025 program, which aims to convert 80% of its bus fleet in the Paris Region to fully electric buses by 2025.
Redesigning the Clean Vehicles Directive - European Commission, DG MOVE representative (tbc)
Insights into the Commission’s proposal for the reform of the Clean Vehicles Directive, and what design features are needed going forward
Q&A session
Closing remarks – Host MEP, Seb Dance
Moderated by Teodora Serafimova, Policy Manager at Bellona Europa
Coffee & tea will be served.
Please do not
hesitate to share this invitation with interested colleagues and
contacts.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Best regards,
Pauline Kajl
Policy Assistant
Bellona Europa
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Rue d’Egmont 15
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Mobile +32 (0)487 79 84 28
Skype: pauline_kajl
Twitter: @Bellona_EU
The Bellona Foundation is an international environmental NGO based in Norway. Founded in 1986 as a direct action protest group, Bellona has become a recognised technology and solution-oriented organisation with offices in Oslo, Brussels, Washington D.C., St. Petersburg and Murmansk, as well as representatives in a number of EU Member States. Altogether, some 75 engineers, ecologists, nuclear physicists, economists, lawyers, political scientists and journalists work at Bellona.
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