Sustainability
Rail contributes to reducing the transport users’ environmental burden on society combining energy-efficient mobility with fewer emissions



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EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) cornerstone of EU climate policy
The debate of the EU Ministers for Environment has shown diverging views on a number of dossiers within the Fit for 55 legislative package. Notwithstanding different possible...
CER Position - CountEmissions EU
According to the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the Commission plans to establish a European framework for the harmonised measurement of transport and logistics...
CER Position - Making transport fit for 55
With this position paper, CER would like to contribute to the legislative discussion on the Fit for 55 package with concrete policy suggestions that recognise the role of rail as...
Towards making Transport Fit for 55
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes today’s discussions among European Transport Ministers on the Fit for 55 package, and expects the EU...
Building back better with rail
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and Slovenian Railways (SZ), in cooperation with the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will hold...
COP26 - Message to Glasgow
Rail is the most sustainable mode of motorised transport today, already avoiding millions of tons of CO2. As world leaders gather for the COP26 international climate change...
Youth & Rail – a sustainable friendship
Today, 6 October, the Connecting Europe Express (CEE) will travel to Strasbourg on the penultimate day of its exciting 6-week journey. The Community of European Railway and...
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...
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