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More than 400 climate change negotiators, business leaders, environmental activists and journalists have boarded the Co2-free climate Express train to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
They will be hosted by Jean-Pierre loubinoux, director general of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the initiator of this special train, along with Achim Steiner, the executive director of the United Nations Environment programme and James P. Leape, director general of WWF.
The passengers will also be joined by the British Council’s young climate champions from all five continents on their trip to the Copenhagen conference which kicks off on 7 December.
The aim of the journey is to support and encourage decision makers to deliver a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the first international effort to cut green house gas emissions. Its purpose is also to send out the message that the next generation climate agreement and its supporting policies and procedures need to address the transport sector’s growing emissions.
Also boarding the Climate Express train is the Climate Expert team, which started the symbolic train journey 3 weeks ago in Kyoto- the birth place of the current climate change protocol. The journey took them among others along the trans-siberian route organised by Russian Railways (RZD), with Copenhagen as their final destination. The Team will bring a special message from the rail community: a global position paper entitled “Keeping climate change solutions on track:, “The Role of Rail”.
During their journey to Copenhagen via Cologne and Hamburg, the passenger will take part in a wide range of activities on the train, including high level discussions aiming to raise awareness of the transport sectors influence on climate change.