Please join UIC members across the globe to celebrate World Environment Day 2026.
The webinar will be held on Friday 5 June 2026 from 11.00 to 12.30 GMT+2.
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 on ’ONCF experience and action on resilience’
- François Davenne, UIC Director General
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) - TBC
- Lucie Anderton, UIC Director of Sustainability: Introductory keynote
- Francisco Cabrera, Deputy Director of Operations & Safety
- Presentation of ONCF, Morocco ’Importance of a strong ESG strategy’
- Case studies from around the world:
- KRC, Kenya Case study presented by Stellah Ndiwa, Planning, Design and Environment Division
- ADY, Azerbaidjan Case Study presented by Nargiz Samadova, Sustainability Manager
- RENFE, Spain Case Study presented by Adrian Fernandez Carrasco, Director of Sustainability
- EFE, Chile Case Study, presented by Miguel Urzúa, Director of Infrastructure and Technology
- Summary and closing
Languages
Language EN-FR