Climate protection
We reduced specific greenhouse gas emissions (that is emissions related to performance level such as volume sold) by more than 34% in comparison to 2006, which is slightly more than our adjusted forecast from the 2020 Integrated Interim Report. Our absolute greenhouse gas emissions have continued to decline. In 2020, increases in the number of renewable energy sources in the traction current mix helped us to remain on the path to achieving our climate target to at least halve specific greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
| Specific CO₂e emissions from journeys and transports of DB Group by mode of transport | 2020 | 2019 |
| 2018 | ||
absolute | % | |||||
| Regional rail passenger transport (g/pkm) | 72.6 | 48.9 | + 23.7 | + 48.5 | 53.1 | |
thereof in Germany | 67.9 | 47.6 | + 20.3 | + 42.6 | 51.3 | |
| Long-distance rail passenger transport (g/pkm) | 1.5 | 0.9 | + 0.6 | + 66.7 | 1.1 | |
| Bus transport (g/pkm) | 105.6 | 73.8 | + 31.8 | + 43.1 | 77.3 | |
thereof in Germany | 123.1 | 90.9 | + 32.2 | + 35.4 | 88.8 | |
| Rail freight transport (g/tkm) | 17.0 | 19.2 | – 2.2 | – 11.5 | 20.1 | |
| Road freight transport (g/tkm) | 87.3 | 87.9 | – 0.6 | – 0.7 | 85.8 | |
| Air freight (g/tkm) | 669.5 | 723.7 | – 54.2 | – 7.5 | 721.8 | |
| Ocean freight (g/tkm) | 5.6 | 6.2 | – 0.6 | – 9.7 | 6.7 | |
Well-to-wheel (WTW); scope 1 — 3; without pre- and onward carriage; rail transport companiesare included with their own energy mix and/or European country mixes.
On the path to climate neutrality
Germany’s climate targets can only be achieved with a strong rail. For us, climate protection means reducing our specific CO₂ emissions by more than half by 2030 ...
