Aleksander Čeferin pledges UEFA support for European Climate Pact Wednesday 16 December 2020 Article summary European football’s governing body "ready to do everything it can" to help achieve EU’s vision of a climate neutral economy by 2050. Article top media content Next Video Article body President Aleksander Čeferin announced UEFA’s support for the European Climate Pact on Wednesday, pledging to use football’s global reach to raise awareness of the climate emergency and inspire more people to take action to save the planet. Launched in Brussels last week, the European Climate Pact invites people, communities and organisations to pro-actively contribute to the Green Deal – the European Union’s (EU) plan to create an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.