
#Rail #transport is a key factor in achieving #sustainabledevelopment reducing the effects of #climatechange & reducing #CO2 emissions - #UICrail Sustainability
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@uic [#rail #transport Event] Final event of
@ITF_Forum 's Decarbonising Transport in Europe project discussing #decarbonising non-urban freight transport to reach Europe’s climate goals. L. Anderton, Head of Sustainable Unit is representing UIC #CO2 #emissions #EUGreenDeal
#UICrail DG F. Davenne at the IX #SuM4All Consortium explains how people need interconnection. #Railway & #publictransport are doing their homework facing the #covid19 crisis & are ready to provide better services & that there is still prospect for investments in infrastructures.
The IX #SuM4All Consortium Meeting is taking place now! #UICrail DG F Davenne is contributing to the session the "New normal in action" #COVID19 #transport
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@uic DG F. Davenne speaks in segment 2, the way forward for climate resilient transport actions! "UIC has new ambitious commitments to fight climate change" & "we will work within our standardisation platform to include #adaptation when elaborating standards" #WeAreTransport
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@virginiaraggi Mayor of Rome says that within the next 10 years the "city will invest in public railway, building 38km additional underground railway. We can also improve surface railways & we will invest in more than 60kms of railways" #WeAreTransport #COP25 #TimeForAction
🚙>🚆"The Spanish government counts on rail investments for a stronger shift from road to rail"🚘>🚆 emphasizes Ms. Maria José Rallo, Secretary General of Transport, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Spain
🚲"The Netherlands invest a lot in bicycles, especially for parking bicycles around train stations"🚉 says Ms Mariëtte van Empel, from the Ministry of Infrastructure & water management from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Join the Marrakech Partnership Transport Action Event #COP25 #WeAreTransport in room 6, hall 4. @uic Director General F. Davenne will be talking about #adaptation to #climatechange – at Madrid, Spain
The Marrakech Partnership Transport Action Event, co-organised by @ITF_Forum and SLoCaT is going to start now, join us now in Room 6!
#COP25 #WeAreTransport
El tren Lusitania, que opera Renfe junto con Comboios de Portugal, transporta a 75.000 viajeros al año entre Madrid y Lisboa. Según ecopassenger.org genera menos de la mitad de emisiones que el 🚗 y cuatro veces menos que el ✈️ #COP25 #TiempoDeActuar #GretaThunberg
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📣Rail is part of the solution📣 Find out more here: ecopassenger.org/bin/query.e… @uic #ecopassenger – at Madrid, Spain
You know why @GretaThunberg prefers trains to planes: less carbon dioxide.
But do you know how much has she saved by travelling from Lisbon to Madrid in the overnight @TalgoGroup train?
86kg!
Train: 23kg
Car: 66kg
Plane: 109kg
Source: @uic's Ecopassenger
#GretaThunberg
"To solve the issue of congestion in Chile, rail & metro are part of the solution" says Mr. José Luis Dominguez, Vice Minister of Transport of #Chile #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction #COP25 – at Madrid, Spain
At Transport Day 2019 Mr. José Luis Dominguez, Vice Minister of Transport of #Chile, introduces Santiago's ambitious public transport policies.
#COP25 #WeAreTransport
🗞📃@uic 📣call to action/#climate📣 is available in our press release on @UNFCCC website bit.ly/365HFIj #UICrail #WeAreTransport #ActNow #TimeForAction – at Madrid, Spain
At #TransportDay @COP25CL - @abalosmeco Minister of public works & transport from the Kingdom of Spain: "climate emergency is a priority for us" & "our country wants to be part of the countries leading the way in the fight against climate change within the European Union"
#TransportDay2019 launched by Climate Champion @gmunozabogabir @COP25CL : "we have to connect our transport system with the needs of our citizens"
2nd panel about scaling up to increase ambition is moderated by @JaarliKauppi from @ITF_Forum #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction
"To move forward with sustainable transport we need a change in mindset & make democracy instrumental" says Mr. Davenne
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@uic Director General shares that we need to make public transport and rail desirable 🚄 #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction
1st panel moderated by Mr. Bhattacharjee @UNHABITAT about low carbon transport measures in cities @COP25CL #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction #lowcarbontransport
"We have to work together to solve the climate problem" says Dr. Molina #TimeForAction
Honored to have Dr. Molina, Nobel laureate in chemistry in 1995, opening the Transport Mitigation Action in Cities event @COP25CL : " "we have to make public transport first rate" #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction
Honored to have Dr. Molina, Nobel laureate in chemistry in 1995, opening the Transport Mitigation Action in Cities event @COP25CL : " "we have to make public transport first rate" #WeAreTransport #TimeForAction

























