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Jul 14, 2023

Football and pollution: I have always felt bad because I know what a flight causes | Sofie Junge Pedersen

I worry about the climate but didn’t think more than 40 Women’s World Cup players would sign up to create a positive environmental legacy for the tournamentIf I had to pinpoint one moment when I started to really think about climate change it would be in 2009 when Cop15 was held in Copenhagen. Since then, my interest has just been growing and I have become more and more concerned about the future.My efforts to change my behaviour and reduce my carbon footprint didn’t come all at once, but gradually I have adjusted things in my life to be more carbon friendly. What is driving me is that the countries and the people that are least responsible for this situation are...

May 06, 2022

Football must do more to tackle climate change: this is how clubs and fans can help | Barney Weston

We are in ‘Fergie time’ when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint but it is not too late to chart a path to sustainabilityClimate change is a defining global issue, and football is not exempt. Roughly a quarter of England’s 92 league clubs could be regularly flooded within the next three decades, and the average grassroots pitch in England already loses five weeks a season to bad weather. Sport is also a significant contributor to climate change, with an estimated global carbon footprint the equivalent size of Tunisia’s – and that is at the low end of estimates.It’s tempting to ask fans to reduce our carbon bootprint – but how can we use public transport on matchdays, when it’s...