EU Sustainable Mobility #3

#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 behaviour at the global level.

The 3rd Campaign, which ran from February to early May 2022, gathered the main understandings of the future of sustainable mobility and how young Europeans think about the mobility of their own city. This campaign collected information from people living in Slovenia, Sweden, Greece as well as Romania.

On May 31, 2022- during the EU Sustainable Mobility Awarding ceremony Event at the EU Green Week, we announced the winners of the Interrail Global Pass and discounted ticket for a travel buddy as well as heard their victorious sustainable ideas for their country. In addition, along with the winners’ announcement we also had guest speakers present such as Tom Medici, B2I Specialist at Eurail and Mathieu Gregori, the founder of ECONOS, talking about how their projects on making future mobility more sustainable.

Agenda of the event:

17:00 – 17:05 | Opening and Welcome| Luca Selva, President of Engaging Society for Sustainability (ES4S)

17:05 – 17:15 | Eurail initiatives on the occasion of the 50th Interrail Anniversary | Tom Medici, B2I Specialist at Eurail

17:15 – 17:30 | EU Sustainable Mobility campaign | Pia Choksi, ES4S Vice-President

17:30 – 17:35 | Electric Mobility Project in Romania | Mathieu Gregori, Founder of ECONOS

17:35 – 17:55 | Winners Voice

17:55 – 18:00 | Conclusion |Luca Selva

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.

Huge congratulations to the winners of the 3rd campaign and thank you for sharing your creative ideas!

#EveryActionCounts