The International Union of Railways (UIC), with a membership of 136 companies, on all continents, is concerned that "greenhouse gases are rising at an alarming rate."
The UIC reissued an inter-national study of passenger and freight transportation, for the Conference on Climate Change, in light of the Kyoto Protocol.
"Despite the CO2 reduction targets laid down at the Kyoto Conference, greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to rise at an alarming rate in the transport sector.
The UIC reissued an inter-national study of passenger and freight transportation, for the Conference on Climate Change, in light of the Kyoto Protocol.
"Despite the CO2 reduction targets laid down at the Kyoto Conference, greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to rise at an alarming rate in the transport sector.
The transport sector is responsible for 27% of CO2 emissions for OECD countries, 25% for the European Union, 30% for the USA, 22% for Japan, 17% for Africa and 34% for Latin America. (In the European Union, the transport sector is the only sector in which emissions have gone up)."
The UIC cites a report, prepared by Ecofys and the Fraunhofer Institute,which affirms that virtually no European country in the study will meet its CO2 reduction commitments and recommends action in the transport sector, as a key to
The UIC cites a report, prepared by Ecofys and the Fraunhofer Institute,which affirms that virtually no European country in the study will meet its CO2 reduction commitments and recommends action in the transport sector, as a key to
any policy aimed at reducing emissions.
According to the UIC, "One of the most productive solutions for obtaining substantial reductions in transport sector emissions is to draw the increasing traffic volume on the road to rail, both in passenger transport (in particular in highly populated areas) and in freight transport."
Their study points out that an independent consulting firm, IWW/Infras, surveying European environmental costs, found that "more than 92% of environmental nuisances (cost
According to the UIC, "One of the most productive solutions for obtaining substantial reductions in transport sector emissions is to draw the increasing traffic volume on the road to rail, both in passenger transport (in particular in highly populated areas) and in freight transport."
Their study points out that an independent consulting firm, IWW/Infras, surveying European environmental costs, found that "more than 92% of environmental nuisances (cost