Roadmap to fossil-free transport : Government resolution on reducing domestic transport’s greenhouse gas emissions
Toimittaja:
Jääskeläinen, Saara
Ministry of Transport and Communications
22.06.2021
Julkaisusarja:
Publications of the Ministry of Transport and Communications 2021:19Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-243-604-7Tiivistelmä
According to the Government Programme, Finland will be carbon neutral by 2035. The targets for reducing emissions from transport must be in line with this goal. By 2030, Finland will reduce emissions from domestic transport by at least 50 per cent compared to the 2005 level. The aim is to achieve an entirely fossil-free transport sector by 2045.
In line with the Government Programme, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has prepared a Roadmap for fossil-free transport to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. The Roadmap includes three phases. In the first phase, the Government will implement a wide range of aids and incentives to promote emission-free transport. Among these are the inclusion of biogas and electric fuels in the distribution obligation legislation, various aids related to the procurement and distribution infrastructure of electric and gas vehicles, support for promoting walking, cycling and public transport services, transport infrastructure maintenance and digitalisation in logistics.
In the second phase, more measures will be added to the range of instruments. Further information will be needed on their effects on emissions before decisions can be taken. The possible measures include raising the level of obligations in the distribution obligation act, increasing remote work, promoting both combined transport operations in freight transport and digital solutions for transport, and promoting transport services.
In the third phase, once the progress of EU-level measures, processes decided in other forums and the impacts of all measures of phases 1 and 2 are known, the Government will assess and decide on the possible need for additional national measures in the transport sector. Phase three of the Roadmap is conditional.
In line with the Government Programme, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has prepared a Roadmap for fossil-free transport to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. The Roadmap includes three phases. In the first phase, the Government will implement a wide range of aids and incentives to promote emission-free transport. Among these are the inclusion of biogas and electric fuels in the distribution obligation legislation, various aids related to the procurement and distribution infrastructure of electric and gas vehicles, support for promoting walking, cycling and public transport services, transport infrastructure maintenance and digitalisation in logistics.
In the second phase, more measures will be added to the range of instruments. Further information will be needed on their effects on emissions before decisions can be taken. The possible measures include raising the level of obligations in the distribution obligation act, increasing remote work, promoting both combined transport operations in freight transport and digital solutions for transport, and promoting transport services.
In the third phase, once the progress of EU-level measures, processes decided in other forums and the impacts of all measures of phases 1 and 2 are known, the Government will assess and decide on the possible need for additional national measures in the transport sector. Phase three of the Roadmap is conditional.