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UEFA is launching a public awareness campaign – ‘Cleaner Air, Better Game’ – during the European Under-21 Championship that will take place in Hungary and Slovenia to highlight the growing threat to public health of air pollution, which annually claims more than 8 million lives around the world. During the group (24–31 March) and knockout (31 May – 6 June) stages, UEFA will lead a range of pilot initiatives that underline its commitment to making the championships a carbon-neutral...

IOC Session praises achievements of Olympic Agenda 2020 and unanimously approves closing report IOC The IOC Session today praised the achievements of Olympic Agenda 2020, the strategic roadmap for the IOC and the Olympic Movement. Following the review of the Closing Report on Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC Members approved it unanimously. Adopted by the IOC at its 127th Session in Monaco in December 2014, Olympic Agenda 2020 is a set of 40 detailed recommendations whose ...

Sport set to reckon with impacts of climate change, and encouraged to act now By Tracey Holmes for The Ticket and ABC Sport Posted SatSaturday 6 updated SunSunday 7 Bushfires in 2019 and 2020 made conditions hazardous at sporting events in Australia. ( Print text only Cancel Sports globally are reckoning with the impacts of climate change, no longer seen as an issue far off in the distance but one that is being felt today. Key points: At present, the Federal Governments National Sports Plan do...

VivoPower has been announced as the official battery technology partner for football club Tottenham Hotspur. The "first-of-its-kind partnership" will see the battery company review Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium and training centre, allowing it to develop storage solutions that will help the club become a net zero carbon business. Currently, it is envisaged that this will include VivoPower supplying a 3MW, large, solid state battery at the stadium in London to help it balance its power supply. ...

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club came first in this year's EPL Sustainability Table, published by the UN-backed Sport Positive Summit, which ranks the UK Premier League's most environmentally committed football clubs. EURACTIV France reports.

Stupid and inconsistent: Urban sprawl set to swallow 31,000 hectares of prime land 9 Feb, 2021 06:09 AM 4 minutes to read The Environment Court last month rejected a proposal to re-zone part of the Pūkaki Peninsula near Auckland International Airport. Photo / Auckland Council Other By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Urban sprawl looks set to eat up to 31,270ha of Aucklands most productive land over the next 35 years. And, according to figures included in a recent Environment Court dec...

You may have read a lot about the Business Visits and Events Partnership, often abbreviated as the BVEP, but do you actually know what they do? The BVEP plays an important role in advocating for the events industry and, together with its association members, known as partners, lobbies and communicates directly with Government. What is the BVEP? The BVEP is an ‘umbrella organisation, representing other events industry trade associations to Government. It says its vision is to support sustainab...

The UCI reinforces rider safety and its commitment to sustainable development 02/05/21 The Management Committee of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) met on 3 and 4 February. With travel restrictions still in place worldwide because of the health crisis (coronavirus pandemic), the meeting of the Federation’s executive body again took place by videoconference, and not during the recent UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Ostend (Belgium) as originally planned. The UCI Management Comm...

18 December, 2020 Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted during the COP 21, and as the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres just called on leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries, the FIA and the world motor sport and mobility family are taking a new step forward in their commitment to the environment. The Federation already introduced hybrid Power Unit in Formula 1 and created Formula E in 2014, set up a dedicated Environment and Sust...

IOC-backed Olympians become EU Climate Ambassadors 2016 Getty Images Olympic sailing champion Hannah Mills and Tokyo 2020-qualified rower Martin Helseth have been chosen as European Climate Pact Ambassadors, aiming to use the power of sport to engage people and communities in action for climate and the environment. Part of the European Green Deal – the EU’s roadmap for creating a more sustainable economy – the European Climate Pact aims to give citizens and all parts o...