Climate Change and Energy Consumption – Examples Associated with Railway Construction

Th e practice of designing and constructing new railway lines should take into consideration certain global phenomena, whose signifi cance will increase over time. One such phenomenon is the ongoing climate change. Th is is accompanied by a simultaneous depletion of non-renewable energy sources. Th e occurring changes may trigger cause-and-eff ect sequences, which means that an eff ect may become a cause of another change or further changes. Th e article off ers some short examples of such sequences – both those originating from nature and those that can be initiated while considering the railway infrastructure that is yet to come into being.