Tag - Train to Copenhagen
December4
They took the train to Copenhagen!
Friday 4 December 2009 at 20:48 :: Others
On 5 December, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the initiator of this special train, together with Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and James P. Leape, Director General of WWF hosted more than 400 high level EcoPassengers: climate change negotiators, rail business leaders, environmental activists, journalists and a group of Young Climate Champions on board of the Climate Express taking (...)
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November27
Running Railways on Renewables
Friday 27 November 2009 at 13:26 :: The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
In an article called a Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030 published in Scientific American this November the authors show how wind, water and solar technologies can provide all of the world’s energy, eliminating all fossil fuels.
Railway companies use large quantities of energy. Some companies generate their own energy and almost all railways organisations have the power to influence their energy mix due to being major purchasers of energy. In some countries it is also possible to opt for (...)
Railway companies use large quantities of energy. Some companies generate their own energy and almost all railways organisations have the power to influence their energy mix due to being major purchasers of energy. In some countries it is also possible to opt for (...)
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August18
Climate Express
Tuesday 18 August 2009 at 19:04 :: What is going on?
For the occasion, a special train will run between Brussels and Copenhagen.
Departure is planned for 5th December, 9.10, from Brussels Midi. So be ready! The “Climate Express” will be supplemented by feeder connections from major European cities and by trains offered to the national delegation by the Railways. Don’t forget to visit the websites of our participating members to check the trains. The train, calling at Cologne and Hamburg, will be the platform for a large number of on-board (...)
Departure is planned for 5th December, 9.10, from Brussels Midi. So be ready! The “Climate Express” will be supplemented by feeder connections from major European cities and by trains offered to the national delegation by the Railways. Don’t forget to visit the websites of our participating members to check the trains. The train, calling at Cologne and Hamburg, will be the platform for a large number of on-board (...)
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August7
What is the train to Copenhagen?
Friday 7 August 2009 at 16:47 :: What is it?
Take the train to the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen
The Train to Copenhagen team has one goal: bringing people to Copenhagen and bringing COP15 to the people. Taking the train is part of the solution in combating global warming. Trains are the most environmentally friendly mode of transport, so why would you travel by any other means to the one event in 2009 that can make a difference to the planet’s future? The International Union of Railways (UIC) and its (...)
The Train to Copenhagen team has one goal: bringing people to Copenhagen and bringing COP15 to the people. Taking the train is part of the solution in combating global warming. Trains are the most environmentally friendly mode of transport, so why would you travel by any other means to the one event in 2009 that can make a difference to the planet’s future? The International Union of Railways (UIC) and its (...)
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November23
From Kyoto to Copenhagen
Monday 23 November 2009 at 13:55 :: What is going on?
The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey BLOG
The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
In November 2009 a team of environmental experts, NGOs and journalist has boarded the Trans Siberian Express in Vladivostok. The trip is a key part of the Train to Copenhagen project and is organised by the Russian Railways (RZD http://eng.rzd.ru/). RZD planned different stops, at Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Novgorod and the team will end their journey in Moscow 10 days later. Each stop is giving the team the (...)
The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
In November 2009 a team of environmental experts, NGOs and journalist has boarded the Trans Siberian Express in Vladivostok. The trip is a key part of the Train to Copenhagen project and is organised by the Russian Railways (RZD http://eng.rzd.ru/). RZD planned different stops, at Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Novgorod and the team will end their journey in Moscow 10 days later. Each stop is giving the team the (...)
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August18
How to get to Copenhagen?
Tuesday 18 August 2009 at 17:01 :: How to get to Copenhagen?
Be an Ecopassenger!
There are many ways to travel if you are going to Copenhagen for the COP15 or any other reason. However if you want to travel in a sustainable way you can find the timetable for all European trains at www.ecopassenger.org and compare the carbon footprint between the different modes of transportation.
A number of UIC members are offering special fares for people participating in the COP15. So please follow the evolution of this site where we will promote all special (...)
There are many ways to travel if you are going to Copenhagen for the COP15 or any other reason. However if you want to travel in a sustainable way you can find the timetable for all European trains at www.ecopassenger.org and compare the carbon footprint between the different modes of transportation.
A number of UIC members are offering special fares for people participating in the COP15. So please follow the evolution of this site where we will promote all special (...)
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December17
The Swiss high-level delegation for COP 15 arrived by train in Copenhagen Thursday morning
Thursday 17 December 2009 at 13:49 :: The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
Thursday 17/12 morning the Swiss delegation for COP 15 arrived safely at the main station, Hovedbanegaarden, in Copenhagen.
80 people travelled together by train from Switzerland to Copenhagen, including the Swiss delegation arriving for the high-level segment of COP 15. The participants of the train were welcomed with breakfast at the station by the Danish Railways.
The journey had included meetings and conferences and obviously a good night of sleep because the participants seemed (...)
80 people travelled together by train from Switzerland to Copenhagen, including the Swiss delegation arriving for the high-level segment of COP 15. The participants of the train were welcomed with breakfast at the station by the Danish Railways.
The journey had included meetings and conferences and obviously a good night of sleep because the participants seemed (...)
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November24
Fresh or smoked fish for breakfast?
Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 09:45 :: The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
Fresh or smoked fish for breakfast?
After three days on the train our first chance for a serious change of diet.
Suddenly the view opens up and there on our right lies Lake Baikal. Today its waters are a deep steely grey and ice fringes the shore-line. To our left are the granite (basalt?) cliffs that had to be dynamited back in 1901 to cut a way through for the railway.
The lake conceals a massive rift created as one tectonic plate drifts north-west and the one we are on drifts south-east. (...)
After three days on the train our first chance for a serious change of diet.
Suddenly the view opens up and there on our right lies Lake Baikal. Today its waters are a deep steely grey and ice fringes the shore-line. To our left are the granite (basalt?) cliffs that had to be dynamited back in 1901 to cut a way through for the railway.
The lake conceals a massive rift created as one tectonic plate drifts north-west and the one we are on drifts south-east. (...)
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December2
Photo moments with Ivan (Moments with cargo)
Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 17:33 :: The Kyoto to Copenhagen journey
The Trans-Siberian railways’ technical capacity allow for transporting annually nearly 100 millions of tons of cargo. The line is shortly to become a major overland transport link between Europe and Asia.
The main freight cargo transported by rail in Russia today are gas, oil, coal, timber, machines and are parts of buildings.
Sometime during the 1980ties Russia set up the longest freight train ever in the world. It was 17 km long and it had four locomotives in front and two behind to push. (...)
The main freight cargo transported by rail in Russia today are gas, oil, coal, timber, machines and are parts of buildings.
Sometime during the 1980ties Russia set up the longest freight train ever in the world. It was 17 km long and it had four locomotives in front and two behind to push. (...)
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October9
The Transsiberian journey
Friday 9 October 2009 at 16:46 :: What is going on?
As part of the “Train to Copenhagen” project Russian Railways provides a special VIP-wagon to carry the experts bringing the message from Kyoto to Copenhagen on the route Vladivostok – Moscow (9289km-long journey).
The wagon will be attached and detached to five regular Trans-Siberian Expresses during the journey, as the program elaborated by Russian Railways envisages stops in 5 Russian major cities during the trip. Excursions, technical visits and meetings with the local authorities and (...)
The wagon will be attached and detached to five regular Trans-Siberian Expresses during the journey, as the program elaborated by Russian Railways envisages stops in 5 Russian major cities during the trip. Excursions, technical visits and meetings with the local authorities and (...)
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