Lithuanian Railways is a highly important strategic transport sector, with critical infrastructure serving the entire country by ensuring passenger mobility and freight movement. However, climate change may already in the near future have a significant impact and cause serious consequences due to extreme precipitation and lightning (e.g., striking critical facilities where hazardous liquid cargo is stored), increased flood risk, rising temperature fluctuations that may deform parts of railway track structures and weaken the track embankment, as well as strengthening winds that can halt certain operations/activities (such as loading processes in freight terminals).

The European Union aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and Lithuania is implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation measures; however, in the railway sector, specific solutions tailored to each asset according to its characteristics are required.

Railway companies in other countries (e.g., in Germany, the Netherlands, or Scandinavia) are already applying advanced measures: real-time climate monitoring, digital twins of infrastructure, use of resilient materials, advanced drainage systems, and more. This demonstrates that managing climate risks is becoming not a choice, but a necessity.

The module will be delivered online from **October 8 to December 17, 2026**. The scheduled meetings with the teamchers and the peer learners will be held once a week on **Thursdays: October 8, 15, 22, 29; November 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10, 17**. The meetings start at **15.30 EET** and end at **17.00/18.30 EET** (depending on the day). Please note that attendance is mandatory and highly appreciated by your team members.

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