CER - Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
CER - Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
06/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/05/2026 09:06
Carbon avoidance, domestic crediting and international carbon credits
Positions 05 Jun 2026
Carbon avoidance, domestic crediting and international carbon credits
As one of Europe's most effective low-carbon transport modes, rail delivers significant carbon savings.
The carbon avoidance delivered by rail at infrastructure and rolling stock level should be acknowledged as a basis for directing financial returns from EU carbon markets back to the rail system.
CER calls on the Commission to explicitly integrate rail's carbon avoidance contribution into the EU's nationally determined contribution (NDC) framework.
Requiring Member States to direct earmarked ETS revenues toward the rail infrastructure and rolling stock investments delivering carbon avoidance will ensure that climate finance remains within Europe, is governed by harmonised EU data, and delivers verifiable benefits to EU citizens.
Read below our position paper.
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