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Environment

Commercial road transport services are at the heart of mobility, delivering economic and social prosperity around the world. It is fundamental that this essential industry has a sustainable outlook when it comes to economic viability, social responsibility but also to decarbonisation and how transport interacts with the natural environment.

For many decades, ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵhas represented its members and the wider industry in making commercial road transport greener, from IRU¡¯s first sustainable development charter in the late 1990s to reducing pollutant NOX particles from engines by more than 98% over the past 25 years.

IRU¡¯s most important work now is decarbonising the global commercial road transport sector.

IRU¡¯s vision for decarbonisation

IRU¡¯s Decarbonisation Vision, adopted by members, outlines the path forward for carbon neutral road transport mobility and logistics.

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·¬ÇÑÊÓƵGreen compact

Based on IRU¡¯s decarbonisation vision, the ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵGreen Compact is the industry¡¯s collective global commitment and roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Stepping up to decarbonisation

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Roxana Ilie, Responsible for representation and information, UNTRR, Romania

¡°·¬ÇÑÊÓƵis guiding our way through the challenging task of further greening road transport, which has become a pressing matter globally.¡±

Roxana Ilie

Responsible for representation and information, UNTRR, Romania

Climate action from ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵand ITF at COP25

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