To discuss how progress toward the European Green Deal will affect mobility and changes in society’s travel habits, Latvijas Avīze, in cooperation with the association Latvijas klimata neitralitātes klasteris 2050, invited experts in the field to a discussion — Raitis Mazjānis, President of the Latvian Auto Engineers Association; Juris Zvirbulis, President of the automobile club LAMB; Jānis Butāns (“The Conservatives”), Chair of the Saeima Legal Affairs Committee and former Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Transport; and urban planner Neils Balgalis, head of the company Grupa 93.
Have global political events — specifically Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international sanctions — affected Europe’s progress toward the Green Deal? It is known that some European countries are even considering returning to coal use, which would inevitably push the achievement of the 2030 targets further away. What can be expected in the transport sector?
