By Joanna Maruszczak and Tanguy Guibert
The Erasmus+ programme is vital to the European Union’s efforts to promote sustainable development and climate action. However, the programme has a significant carbon footprint and several ways exist to make it more carbon neutral.
Moreover, many young people would like to travel more sustainably, but simply cannot afford expensive train journeys. Their curiosity to get to know Europe in all its diversity is thus dampened – climate protection and the European idea become mind-bogglingly contradictory.
One way to make Erasmus+ more carbon-neutral is to revise the green top-up from €50 (US$54) to €250. The green top-up is a financial incentive that is offered to Erasmus+ students who choose to travel by sustainable modes of transport, such as trains. By increasing the amount of the green top-up, the Erasmus+ programme would make it more affordable for students to choose sustainable modes of transport, which would reduce the programme’s carbon footprint.
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