Reducing the carbon footprint of URN travel
As the most emissive sector in terms of the national carbon footprint (32% by 2022), transport has a crucial role to play in the socio-ecological transition. Every day, over 35,000 students and 2,500 staff travel to URN’s various campuses, making the transformation of travel modes a strategic challenge. To this end, the school has chosen to orient its mobility policy towards moderating travel, using means of transport with the lowest possible impact, such as trains or public transport, and excluding the use of airplanes within a certain perimeter. In this way, low-carbon mobility is promoted in three ways: awareness-raising, reduction and substitution.
FOCUS: International mobility roadmap
Since June 2023, a “low-carbon international mobility” roadmap has been in place at the University. This aims to encourage the use of low-carbon modes of transport for business travel:
For employees :
- For travel within mainland France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands, air travel is not permitted (except for health reasons). In the event of non-compliance, the University will not pay for the trip.
- For other destinations where the journey is less than 8 hours door-to-door by train, the plane is not authorized and must be replaced by the train. In the event of non-compliance, the University will not cover the cost of travel.
For students:
- The “ecological transition supplement”, included in the Erasmus+ grant and the Aide à la Mobilité Internationale (AMI), enables students to benefit from a lump-sum grant of between €50 and €100 for travel carried out in an eco-responsible manner.