Greening Europe’s transport by introducing distance-based road tolling everywhere in Europe

Today, European transport ministers are having a first discussion on the mobility initiatives recently presented by the European Commission. While they are a step in the right...

Europe on the Move: a step in the right direction but does it reach far enough?

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes yesterday’s publication of a set of mobility initiatives by the European Commission. Yet the...

Reducing rail freight noise: what should we do?

On 3 May, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) organised a high-level conference to explore solutions to further reduce rail freight noise. CER was...

Major transport and energy groups sound alarm on e-mobility: Europe must accelerate infrastructure plans

Europe’s key industry players and NGOs push Member States to show more urgency and publish their plans for crucial e-mobility infrastructure The EU needs to accelerate its...

The future of mobility - How rail can make it greener

On 28 November, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), with the kind support of the Slovak Presidency of the EU, organised a political debate on the...

EU ETS reform

The Emission Trading System (ETS) - the world's first and largest GHG trading system - is currently being revised with the aim of delivering a GHG reduction of at least...

Rail as a key to decarbonising transport

Rail is an environmentally friendly and highly energy efficient transport mode, with a track record of improving its carbon-efficiency for both passenger and freight transport....

Rail as a key to decarbonising transport

The European Commission has announced, for summer 2016, a Communication on decarbonising the transport sector, thus about reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport...

Joint letter from the Platform for Electro-mobility: Electro-mobility is key to decarbonise Europe’s transport sector within the Energy Union

Rail transport and environment: facts & figures

2015 is a big year for climate change policy, for which transport still presents a major challenge. The new booklet, jointly published by CER and UIC, aims to support decision...

EcoPassenger

EcoPassenger allows you to compare the energy consumption, CO2- and exhaust atmospheric emissions for planes, cars and trains for passenger transport in Europe. For more...

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...