Please join UIC members across the globe to celebrate World Environment Day 2026.
With a focus on Climate change adaptation and resilience to extreme weather events, the purpose of the webinar will be to:
- Mark the UN World Environment Day and the important Role of railways in an environmentally sustainable future
- Support cross-regional knowledge sharing on this globally relevant topic
- Highlight vulnerability and action being taken and needed to build a more resilient railway and transport system
Programme
- Introduction – importance of adapting to a changing climate and disruptive weather events
- Mohamed Rabie Khlie, Chair of UIC Africa region, PDG of ONCF, Morocco: ’ONCF experience and action on resilience.’
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) - TBC
- Lucie Anderton, UIC Head of Sustainability: introductory keynote
- Case study presentation: Europe
- Case study presentation: Kenya Railways Corporation
- Case study presentation: Asia-Pacific Region
- Case study presentation: Latin America Region
- Presentation ONCF, Morocco ’Importance of a strong ESG strategy’
- Summary and closing
Languages
Language EN-FR