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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008 Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Innovation, development and safety Innovation, development and safety The key objectives associated with sustainable mobility include the reduction of fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions, the minimization of other pollutant emissions, and the further optimization of our vehicles’ safety features. Daimler has made significant progress in all of these areas over the last few years and will continue to do so in the future. To this end, approximately 18,000 men and women are currently employed by our research and development departments. At the moment, our development activities are centered on achieving further reductions in CO 2 emissions. In order to achieve this goal, the Group is focusing on two fields of activity: vehicles and powertrains on the one hand (core activities), and fuels on the other (support activities).
Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008 Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Innovation, development and safety / Climate protection and CO 2 * Climate protection and CO 2 * In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented its Fourth Assessment Report. The report’s key findings are: � The concentration of CO 2 measured in the atmosphere today is significantly higher than it was at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution (1750). What's more, such a high concentration has not been present for thousands of years. Climate change � The climate changes can be measured on the basis of increasing air and water temperatures, the melting of snow and ice, and a rising sea level. � It is considered highly probable that climate change is primarily the result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. � By contrast, the contribution made to global warming by natural processes such as volcanism and fluctuations in solar activity is much smaller and therefore cannot explain the type, pace, and scope of the climate changes occurring. � It is also considered highly probable that if CO 2 emissions either remain at current levels or rise, the impact such emissions will have on the global climate in the 21st century will be more severe than the influences observed in the 20th century. It is now widely accepted that the Earth’s climate is changing overall and that human actions are largely responsible for this development. Transportation is responsible for around 24 percent of the CO 2 emissions generated by human beings in Europe. Passenger car traffic is responsible for 12 percent of the total. In February 2007, the EU Commission presented a strategy paper that calls on all manufacturers in Europe to introduce modifications in their new car models to reduce their fleet CO 2 emissions to an average of 130 grams per kilometer by 2012. A further reduction of 10 grams is to be achieved by additional measures such as improving the efficiency of vehicle components (tires, for example) and a gradual transition to fuels containing less CO 2 . In December 2007, the EU Commission published an initial draft proposal for reducing CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. The legislation process is expected to be completed by 2009, after which the regulation will apply in every EU member state. Especially in view of the facts outlined above, our strategy continues to aim at further reducing CO 2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Whatever form the EU's still unclear draft proposal for reducing CO 2 emissions of new vehicles may take, Daimler will further reduce the emissions of its European fleet, with the aim of also meeting the EU fleet consumption target.
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