To mark World Sustainable Transport Day, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has published its second Sustainability Report. It highlights the UCI’s achievements and initiatives in 2024 and 2025, as well as the remaining challenges in advancing the ecological and social transformation of cycling worldwide. The report also underlines the essential role of the bicycle as a sustainable and health-positive form of transport.
Available on the UCI website, the second UCI Sustainability Report showcases the significant progress made in implementing the UCI’s sustainability strategy, guided by cycling’s Agenda 2030. It provides a rigorous and transparent evaluation of progress on the action plan’s 29 objectives and 84 actions, organised around four themes: climate action, nature, people, and cycling for all.
Whereas the first report (covering 2021–2023) focused primarily on the organisational foundations of the UCI’s commitment to sustainability, this second edition presents the results achieved and the initiatives implemented internally. These initiatives are designed to support organisers and reinforce the UCI’s leadership within the global cycling community.
The principal results presented in the second UCI Sustainability Report are:
133,310 kWh generated by the solar panels at the UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) in 2024 (the share of this energy consumed by the UCI WCC is equivalent to 30% of its total annual consumption);
a 15% reduction in emissions compared with the 2019 baseline year; to be noted that emissions increased by 11% between 2023 and 2024; an analysis of this trend and the identification of key emission sources, prompts us to intensify our efforts to realign our emissions-reduction trajectory with the transition plan outlined in the first report;
104 signatories to the UCI Climate Action Charter;
15 Climate Action training sessions delivered;
30 cities and regions awarded the UCI Bike City label across 15 countries,
77 applications for the new UCI Cycling for All & Sustainability Trophies,
602 projects supported by the UCI Solidarity Programme;
108 countries represented at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali (Rwanda), with 34% of athletes from Africa;
222 athletes(including 157 women) followed a training programme at one of the UCI WCC Development Satellites in 2024.
In response to evolving climate and societal challenges, the UCI continuously adapts its strategies to meet its objectives. Progress and further strategic updates will be presented in the third UCI Sustainability Report (2026–2027).
UCI President David Lappartient said: "This second Sustainability Report is a cornerstone of our commitment to sustainability. It ensures transparency in our approach and enables progress to be tracked. The report highlights what has been achieved while identifying the challenges that remain through 2030 and beyond. Our ambition is clear: reduce emissions, promote equity in competitive cycling, and champion the bicycle as a sustainable, inclusive, and healthy mode of transport. Cycling must continue to be a force for positive change for the planet and for future generations."