On Friday 26 June, a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) said that average emissions from new light-duty vehicles registered in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Norway continued to rise in 2019, increasing by 1.6g CO2 per kilometre for cars since 2018 to 122.4g CO2/km.
This is the third consecutive increase in emissions (see EUROPE B12498A20), after recording a steady decline in emissions by almost 22g CO2/km between 2010 to 2016.
The reasons put forward by...