Sofie Defour

Freight Director @transenv | Some see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

Trucks🚛 and buses🚌 account for less than 2% of vehicles on EU🇪🇺 roads but make up more than 1/4 of emissions from road transport.

The EU must reduce CO2 for new trucks by 65% by 2030 and completely by 2035🟢

It's #YourHeavyDuty!

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/6QTQL0V5WR

[Amelie Pans @apans72]

@ #EUTrucksSummit , @DefourSofie
« If we drag our feet,in EU🇪🇺, we will lose our competitiveness Look at other countries like China 🇨🇳or in the US 🇺🇸with the Inflation 📈Reduction📉 Act providing incentives to increase the adoption of electric trucks »#ZeroEmissions #Trucks 🚛🚚

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

Cheaper, stronger, further!🚚

By 2034, all new electric freight trucks will beat diesel on cost while driving as far and carrying as much

See new study by @TNO_nieuws for T&E and @agoraverkehr. Time for EU to set a 2035 deadline for zero emissions sales!
https://t.co/S8an6ToAUh

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

Biofuels are fuelling the food crisis.

On September 13th MEPs have a chance to end the EU’s crazy incentives to burn food as fuel.

The world is watching. #FoodNotFuel

@OxfamEU @Umwelthilfe

[Greenpeace EU @GreenpeaceEU]

Oil companies are driving up fuel prices and profiteering from the war in #Ukraine

They've pocketed €3 billion at the pump in the EU since the invasion started, while people struggle with high fuel prices

Governments must #TaxOilProfits!

#StopFuellingWar

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

Step 4: the Social Climate Fund is then used to help vulnerable households transition away from fossil fuel towards clean transport and heating.

Peanuts for the oil majors, major step for just transition (5)

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

Can we force big oil to absorb part of the new carbon price for cars and homes (#ETS2) instead of passing it on entirely to citizens? We sure can!

T&E found a legally sound way to make fuel suppliers contribute to the new Social Climate Fund. A thread on how to do it (1)

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

NEW: Should oil majors pay for a clean & fair environmental transition? 🛢️

A legal analysis finds that the EU should pass on part of the carbon price for cars & homes to fuel suppliers.

Big polluters, not households, should pay the bulk of the costs 💸
https://t.co/7SdxEC7Bxk

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

Step 3: either they absorb the rest of the ETS2 price, or they pay it into the Social Climate Fund (#SCF). If they pass on more of the price than legally allowed, they pay a fine into the Fund (4)

[Marine Cornelis 🇪🇺 @marinenextenerg.bsky.social @MarineCornelis]

Tomorrow ↘️↘️↘️

https://t.co/LZ2Yuhl4Jh

[Hannes De Reu @HannesDeReu]

Samen met @DefourSofie gaf ik voor @TriodosBE een inleiding tot activistisch beleggen en hoe we dit kunnen toepassen voor bescherming biodiversiteit. Je kan de volledige sessie herbekijken via hun youtube kanaal. link hieronder #biodiversiteit #duurzaam
https://t.co/1lQyJ1Kv5w

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

I am pleased to announce that I’ve decided to go net-zero on swear words and bad language. In the event that I should say something inappropriate I pledge to compensate that by saying something nice. #COP26

[Deborah Bynum, also @dbynum.bsky.social @stetsberlin]

The separate emissions trading system for buildings and transport in #Fitfor55 package prompted much debate. On 30 Sept, ask @SamuelDLThomas and Sofie Defour @transenv your burning questions about the policy in webinar from @RegAssistProj, @LeonardoENERGY
https://t.co/fjeKDVcGnn

[Hannes De Reu @HannesDeReu]

💸💸💸300 triljoen dollar💸💸💸 Zoveel zouden we de komende 30 jaar moeten investeren in de groene transitie. Het financieringsdebat (wie gaat dat betalen?) moet dus centraal staan in het klimaatdebat. #klimaatcrisis #klimaatfinanciering
https://t.co/ZmKsza9WwK

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

After 10 years of heavy lobbying, Germany finally got a EU road ETS proposal.

But the plan is massively toned down, with a tiny carbon price, and it's unlikely to be agreed upon any time soon.

Much ado about nothing? asks T&E's @DefourSofie

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

Biofuels: supposed to save the planet, but actually leading to massive deforestation...

The EU’s transport sector is currently propping up demand for ruinous palm oil without consumers knowing it. #Fitfor55 needs to end this now

[T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org) @transenv]

BREAKING:
10 years of EU's failed biofuels policy has trashed the planet

🌴Forests the size of the Netherlands wiped out

🦧An estimated 10% of the world’s orangutan habitats destroyed

💨Up to 3x more CO2 emissions than the fossil diesel it replaced

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

Full results available here: https://t.co/nc74vKWFgW

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

#Fitfor55 can be important milestone if
- Includes increased national climate targets
- Sets⬆️CO2 standards for cars & buildings
- Brings people on board for CO2 price by starting slow & giving back money

New poll shows EU citizens already there👇
Will you follow @vonderleyen?

[Sofie Defour @DefourSofie]

@RubenBaetens Superinteressant Ruben, bedankt! Lijkt me goeie basis om de impact van die nieuwe brandstoffen ETS per lidstaat door te rekenen. Eén vraagje: in welk tabblad heb je het verschil in uitgaven gevonden tussen verwarmen op stookolie en op aardgas?