To Euro 2024 safely and without road inconveniences? A call for Slovenian fans to travel to Germany by train
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Together with numerous environmental organizations, Focus has urged the Slovenian national football team to travel sustainably to Euro 2024 by train and bus, avoiding high-emission flights. They also encourage all fans planning to travel to Germany for Euro 2024 to choose environmentally responsible transportation. If there is sufficient demand, the Slovenian Railways will plan additional trains, and there are well-organized connections between major cities in Germany.
Traffic generates more than a third of carbon dioxide emissions, with most harmful greenhouse gases originating from road traffic and air travel. Changing the way we travel is crucial for fulfilling the commitment of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to below 1.5°C, allowing us to control climate change. Football can play a significant role in this battle, as environmental organizations across Europe have called on national football teams through an open letter to commit to traveling sustainably, using trains and buses, and avoiding flying, the most environmentally damaging mode of transportation.
UEFA and the German railway company Deutsche Bahn have signed an agreement to encourage fans to travel to and within Germany by train. The Slovenian Railways have also started promoting train travel for Euro 2024 participants, a move applauded by Focus. They believe that the Slovenian national football team can not only adapt to this but can also take it a step further by traveling to Germany in a sustainable way.
Awareness is growing among other teams and competitions. For example, if the French team used a direct train from Paris to Dortmund instead of a plane and approached their base camp in Paderborn, they would reduce CO2 equivalent emissions by 98%. For the Olympic Games in Paris, the teams of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany have already committed to traveling by train to reduce their emissions.
Slovenia has direct night trains to Stuttgart and Munich, where the Slovenian national football team will play its first two matches, and there are well-organized connections between major cities in Germany. Therefore, they invite all fans to support Slovenian athletes in a sustainable way and thereby reduce their carbon footprint.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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