EU Sustainable Mobility #2

#EUSustainableMobility is a project, launched in 2020 by Engaging Society (ES4S) in collaboration with Eurail, composed of a series of campaigns based around urban mobility and tourism-related travel, where ES4S invites young people to contribute to the conversation by responding to a survey with perceptions of their habits, beliefs, and intentions in order to foster a more sustainable behavior at the global level.

The 2nd Campaign, which ran from April to July 2021, gathered the main insights on the future of sustainability mobility according to young Europeans based in Austria, the Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom.

On July 15, 2021- during the Final Awards Event, the winners of the Interrail Global Pass and discounted ticket for a travel buddy to travel around Europe between the Summer of 2022-2023, were announced. A Committee composed of 5 people from Eurail & ES4S assessed and reviewed the most innovative idea and creative picture which best expressed the concept of sustainable mobility to be applied in a Austrian, Dutch, Portuguese and British city, based on the criteria of feasibility, sustainability, creativity, and date of submission.

The young Europeans, selected in the contest, thus had the opportunity to discuss their original and winning ideas in a debate about the future of sustainability mobility, in the frame of UN SDGs, with the Members of the European Parliament, local municipalities, ES4S and Eurail Committee, and the main stakeholders of the mobility sector.

Speakers:

Pia Choksi | Vicepresident at Engaging Society for Sustainability (ES4S) - Opening Remarks
Tom Medici | Business to Institutions Manager at Eurail
Dorien Rookmaker | Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee at the EU Parliament
Isobel Robson | Head of Research at Engaging Society for Sustainability (ES4S) - Campaign Findings
Marc Dijk | Expert in Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Development at Maastricht University
AntonionGoncalves Pereira | President at EcoMood Portugal - Sustainable Mobility NGO
Greg Archer | UK Director at Transport & Environment (T&E)
Julia Weber | Innovation Team Coordinator My. TRAINstation at ÖBB (Austria)
The Winners’ Voice
Luca Selva | President at Engaging Society for Sustainability (ES4S) - Closing Remarks

You can watch the entire event here!

WHAT IS #EUSUSTAINABLEMOBILITY

Mobility is an important part of our day to day lives and yet the global pandemic, which we still face today, has brought to light the vulnerability of a system previously taken for granted. Alongside this health crisis, is another crisis significantly impacted by mobility: climate change. In the EU, the current mobility mix contributes to 25% of total greenhouse gas emissions, a major driver of our warming planet and the associated environmental and social problems. Therefore, we take this opportunity to pause for a moment and reflect on the future of mobility, in the context of both Covid-19 and climate change.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2nd campaign and thank you for sharing your ideas and pictures!