Ikea and Nestle call for new EU laws to cut truck emissions

Increase fuel efficiency of heavy good vehicles that cause a quarter of Europe's traffic carbon emissions to meet climate targets, says clean corporate alliance

An alliance of companies including Ikea, Nestle and Heathrow airport have called on the EU to pass new laws cutting truck emissions within two years, to meet promises made at the Paris climate conference.

Heavy duty vehicles make up less than 5% of Europe's road traffic but chug out a quarter of the sector's carbon emissions - more than airplanes - and their fuel efficiency has hardly changed in two decades.