The new Federal Minister of Transport, Patrick Schnieder, has established the Expert Forum for Climate-Friendly Mobility and Infrastructure (EKMI). The aim of the EKMI is to provide the Federal Ministry of Transport with short-term and effective support in developing measures for the federal government's climate protection program for the transport sector, according to a statement from the ministry on June 12.
Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder: "We remain committed to our climate goals – including in the transport
sector. To develop effective and sustainable measures, we are involving scientific expertise and practical experience from the outset. Through various impulses from all areas, we aim to create sustainable solutions for climate-friendly mobility that benefits people."
The committee is led by State Secretary Dr. Claudia Elif Stutz. The EKMI unites around 25 experts from science and industry. According to the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), their early involvement in the development process is intended to ensure that economically feasible
as well as financially and socially implementable measures are developed to advance decarbonization in transport.
The EKMI is divided into five thematic working groups:
- Electrification and efficiency enhancement of passenger car traffic,
- Decarbonization of heavy road freight transport,
- Municipal mobility and multimodality,
- Shift to rail and combined freight transport,
- Use of renewable fuels.
The members analyze and evaluate the existing proposals of the BMV regarding their economic, ecological, and social impacts and analyze their interactions. The results will be
submitted in a comprehensive document to the BMV.
The EKMI's work process is initially set for a duration of about five weeks. The inaugural meeting took place on June 12, 2025, with further meetings in the working groups and plenary sessions to follow by mid-July. The reason for the tightly scheduled process, according to the statement, is the BMV's obligation to submit its contribution to the federal government's climate protection program to the leading Federal Ministry for the Environment
