European Multimodal Freight Transport Conference

European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc and Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski are inviting Ministers, Members of the European Parliament and key stakeholders for a high-level conference on European Multimodal Freight Transport, taking place in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, on 20 March 2018.

It is expected to be a great opportunity for stakeholders to share knowledge and experience, and to discuss opportunities, needs and challenges for a seamless multimodal transport system in Europe. The event is organised as part of the 2018 Year of Multimodality.

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2018 - Year of Multimodality

The Commission is committed to reducing CO2 emissions, congestion and air pollution to improve the quality of life of European citizens and to reach the goals set by the Paris Agreement. At the same time, we want to ensure that European transport is safe and our industry remains competitive on the global market. To support these aims EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has called for 2018 to be the "Year of Multimodality".

3rd 2-day Conference of ITS Hellas «Intelligent Transport Systems and developments in Greece»

The 2-day Conference «Intelligent Transport Systems and developments in Greece» will be organized by the Greek Organization of Intelligent Transport Systems - ITS Hellas for 3rd year on the run on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 of January 2018, in the Central Amphitheater of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks.

Maintenance works of 4.1 million euros in Fthiotida road network

Important maintenance works of 4,100,000€ budget in Fthiotida road network has been announced by the Regional Governor of Sterea Ellada, Mr Kostas Mpakogiannis, after the contract for the maintenance and the modernization of more than 20 parts of the national and  provincial road network of the regional unit.

Video competition: Share your green actions

How did you get to work or school today? By car, bicycle or public transport? Every day we make decisions that can impact the environment. Some of our daily decisions are conscious efforts to live in a cleaner and healthier environment. The video competition ‘I LIVE GREEN’, organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its partner network, invites all Europeans to show their creativity and to share their actions to help the environment. The best videos will receive a cash prize.

Although green actions can be taken in almost every aspect of our lives, the video competition ‘I LIVE GREEN’ would like to focus on the following four areas:

• Sustainable food
• Clean air
• Clean water
• Minimal waste

Take part and submit your video until 31st of March 2018.

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Tokyo Zero Carbon 4 Days in 2020

In line with the global acceleration to Meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) aims to achieve ‘Zero Emission Tokyo’ to make Tokyo more sustainable.

As a stepping stone to a sustainable future, TMG will offset all CO₂ emissions which are expected to be generated across Tokyo during the four days of opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Carbon credits for the excess CO₂ emission reductions in the Tokyo Cap and -Trade Program will be used to achieve ‘Tokyo Zero Carbon 4 Days in 2020’.

TMG launched the world’s first cap - and - trade program in April 2010 which aims to reduce emissions from large-scale facilities. The covered facilities have achieved significant CO₂ reductions, and 10 million tCO₂ of carbon credits have been issued.

TMG will call for donating the carbon credits to those facilities, and offset all the emissions from the entire area of Tokyo to achieve Tokyo Zero Carbon 4 Days in 2020.

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