Sustainability
Rail contributes to reducing the transport users’ environmental burden on society combining energy-efficient mobility with fewer emissions
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No Green Deal without investments in rail infrastructure
The European Commission will hold today a conference on Rail Infrastructure Investment for the Green Deal, on the occasion of the arrival of the Connecting Europe Express in...
CER Fact Sheet: The Trans-European Network for Transport: joined up mobility for a connected Europe
With pressure mounting to meet Green Deal objectives and reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050, resilient rail infrastructure is the basis for the green...
Already Green Deal compliant – Rail welcomes “Fit for 55” legislative proposals
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes the ambitious ‘Fit for 55’ regulatory package, unveiled today (14 July) by the European Commission...
Carbon pricing as a tool for delivering sustainable mobility
The European Commission's 'Fit for 55' package is expected to include a number of legislative proposals: from a new revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to a number...
Eurovignette: the path to modal shift but not yet the destination
It is not easy to provide a clear judgment on the provisional agreement reached on Eurovignette at the trialogue of 15 June. The positive elements present in the text will, in...
Decarbonisation of EU transport requires fair and transparent intermodal conditions
For more than two decades, internalisation of external costs has been high on the agenda of European transport and environment policy but so far little progress has been achieved...
CER comments to the EU Mobility Strategy
European railways welcomed the timely adoption of the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, which aims to help the transport sector to swiftly respond to the ongoing and...
Creosote use in railways
Under the provisions of the European Biocidal Products Regulation and the REACH Regulation, the EU is currently evaluating the renewal of approval of the biocidal active substance...
CER launches the Future is Rail campaign
Today the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) launches its Future is Rail campaign, showing rail as a smarter, cleaner and more connected means of...
Railways address Europe’s Transport Ministers ahead of Year of Rail debate
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have addressed a letter to all EU Ministers of Transport to outline the priority needs of rail. The initiative...
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EcoTransIT World
EcoTransIT World is an online tool created for the calculation of energy consumption and emission data of a worldwide transport chain. For more information, click here.
European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union. The task of the Agency is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. Currently, the...
